Affliction

the long version

Some zombies are raised. Others must be put down. Just ask Anita Blake.Before now, she would have considered them merely off-putting, never dangerous. Before now, she had never heard of any of them causing human beings to perish in agony. But that's all changed.Micah's estranged father lies dying, rotting away inside from some strange ailment that has his doctors whispering about "zombie disease."Anita makes her living off of zombies—but these aren't the kind she knows so well. These creatures h