Midnight Predator

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Midnight Predator is a vampire novel written by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, published in 2002 when the author was 18. The novel was an ALA Quick Pick and “a must-read” according to School Library Journal, who also wrote that “the plot and characters are so skillfully intertwined that each one moves the story to its thoughtful ending.” Fannie Heaslip Lea’s poem "The Dead Faith" appears in the beginning of the book.

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The book is set in Pyridge, Massachusetts, the story is of young Catherine Miriam Minate, once slave to vampire Daryl. Now under the name Turquoise Draka, Cathy is a member of a for-hire assassins’ guild. She and another member are commissioned to infiltrate Midnight, the building at the center of the vampire operation for the human slave trade. There, they must take out one of the most fearsome vampires in history. However, while infiltrating Midnight, Turquoise is drawn to its current master: the enigmatic trainer, Jaguar.