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THE AWAKENING.
Copyright й 2003 by Leslie Esdaile.
All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.
www.stmartins.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Banks, L. A.
The awakening : a vampire huntress legend / L. A. Banks.Ч1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-312-31683-6
. Women artistsЧFiction. 2. VampiresЧFiction. I. Title.
PS3602.A64A97 2004
813V6Чdc22
2003058354




Awakening to a new reality, perspective, or understanding is a process. For
some, it happens in the blink of an eye, a millisecond of time when one's life
is irrevocably changed. For others, the awakening within is gradual and complex.
But fast or slow, all awakenings require changeЕ and as humans, the one thing we
most resist and tend to fear is change. Therefore, consciously awakening is
perhaps one of the most courageous things an individual can do. This book is
dedicated to those who have awakened and were brave enough to open their
eyesЧeven while in the dark.




ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special thanks go to my editor, Monique Patterson, and my agent, Manie Barron,
who took this entire project to the next level. To my husband, Al, and Constance
O'Day-Flannery, who began this mission with me as dear friends. To all my tights
who stood with me through thick and thin; you know who you are! And, as always,
to my family (especially my mother, my daughter, my sister, and aunties), who
are always there for me with deep spiritual backup, no matter come what may.
Special thanks also go to the wonderful "master authors," Tananarive Due,
Brandon Massey, and Susan Sizemore, who supported this new legend series with
generous blurbs; to Robert Flemming and Donna Hill, for their always positive
vibes; to Lorene Carey (a community treasure), Jeff Hart, and Bebita Metellus of
Art Sanctuary, for their steadfast friendship and encouragement; to Christopher
Bonelli, for his fabulous Web site development that launched our Neteru into
cyberspace with flair; to Vince Natale, who captured the very essence of our
vampire huntress with a visually dynamic book cover, as well as to Michael