Blackfire

by Elizabeth Donald

Book by Donald, Elizabeth

Genres: Horror

180 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2011

About the author

Elizabeth Donald is a dark fiction writer fond of things that go chomp in the night. She is author of the Blackfire urban fantasy series and Nocturne vampire mystery series, as well as other novels, novellas and stories in the horror, science fiction and fantasy genres. She is a three-time winner of the Darrell Award for speculative fiction and finalist for the Prism, Imadjinn and Knost awards, and more recently received the Mimi Zanger Award for fiction. She is the founder of the Literary Underworld small-press cooperative; an award-winning journalist and essayist with more than 25 years in journalism; a nature and art photographer; freelance editor and writing coach. She holds a masters degree in media studies and MFA in creative writing from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and teaches journalism and English composition at several St. Louis colleges. She serves as president of the St. Louis Society of Professional Journalists and vice president of the AWP Adjunct Writers Caucus, and is a member of the national SPJ Ethics Committee, Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Authors Against Book Bans, Authors Guild, and more writing and trade organizations than is healthy. She lives with her family in a haunted house in Edwardsville, Illinois. In her spare time, she has no spare time. 

Reviews

[Rachel Brune · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't get enough of Sara Harvey, the main character of The Cold Ones and this book, Blackfire. She is definitely a hardass, but she has her share of problems to keep her from being too much the Strong Female Character™. The narrative takes "interludes" that fill in some of the blanks of The Cold Ones, but not too many to get in the way of the pace of the plot. The author has a unique take on the whole zombie phenomenon, although she chooses to parcel it out in maddeningly short sections. I'm definitely looking forward to the next book.

If you enjoyed "The President's Vampire" by Chris Farnsworth, do yourself a favor and check this series out!

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

After the events of The Cold Ones, Major Sara Harvey is done with Blackfire. But are Blackfire and its critters done with her?

Major Sara Harvey is one of my favorite fictional characters. She's tough, she's smart, and she doesn't take any crap from anyone. And I love all of the literally legendary creatures that she fights in this book.