Micah (novel)
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Micah is the thirteenth in the series of horror/mystery/erotica novels by Laurell K. Hamilton.
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Plot introduction
Micah represents a side-adventure of . Rather than follow up immediately on the various plotlines left open in the previous novel, Incubus Dreams, Hamilton has written a much shorter work focusing primarily on Anita's relationships with on of her lovers, the eponymous . Specifically, Anita is called to Philadelphia to perform an zombie animation and takes Micah on the trip. While in Philadelphia, Micah and Anita have sex, discuss their relationships and his earlier traumas, and encounter some strange twists in Anita's assignment. As with some of the other later novels in the series, Micah blends elements of supernatural and erotic fiction.Explanation of the novella's title
In this case, the title is eponymous, named after Anita's lover, Micah Callahan. To date, only two of the Anita Blake novels, Cerulean Sins and Micah, have had titles not related to a location within the story.
Plot summary
Micah apparently takes place approximately one month after the events of Incubus Dreams. (, one of the characters in the series, is four months pregnant in Incubus Dreams and five months pregnant in Micah. As usual, must juggle several problems simultaneously.- First, in her role as an animator, Anita must travel to Philadelphia on short notice to substitute for , who must remain in St. Louis because of complications in his wife, Tammy's, pregnancy. Although the assignment -- to reanimating a recently deceased federal witness in order to testify in an organized crime investigation -- initially seems routine, Anita quickly begins to suspect that there is more to the case than she and Larry have been told.
- Second, Anita continues to deal with her various personal problems, in this case her relationship with Micah, who accompanies her on the trip. Anita must come to terms with Micah's decision to reserve a nice hotel room for the two of them without telling her, and must help Micah get over two of the defining problems in his life: first, the trauma narrowly surviving a wereleopard attack that left several members of his family dead; and second, the trauma of having a very large penis.
- Third, Anita continues wrestle with her recent increase in power, first attempting to deal with the ardeur, a metaphysical effect that causes Anita to want to have sex every few hours, and second, wrestling with the vast increase in her own powers as a necromancer, which are now so powerful that her attempt to raise a single person threatens to raise every corpse in the cemetery. As usual, Anita is able largely to resolve each of these problems by the end of the novella.
- The initial plot point -- the animation -- is not resolved until the very end of the novella. Although Anita initially wrestles with her increase in power, she is ultimately able to confine her power to a single corpse, raising only the witness, Emmett Leroy Rose. However, Anita then learns that although Rose technically died of a heart attack, the heart attack itself occurred after the defense lawyer in the investigation, Arthur Salvia, framed Rose for murder. Rose therefore considers Salvia his murderer and will not rest until he has killed Salvia. In the ensuing fracas, Anita is knocked unconscious, and Salvia is killed.
- With regard to Anita's personal problems, she and Micah make some progress. Anita decides to accept that Micah has gotten her a nice hotel room without becoming angry at him, and listens to him share the traumas of almost being eaten alive by a wereleopard and of being rejected by various women because of his unusually large penis. Anita sympathizes with Micah's survivor's guilt, and, in a conversation very similar to her conversation with in Incubus Dreams, explains to Micah that some women don't like well-endowed men, but other women, such as Anita, do.
Characters in Micah
Major characters
Incubus Dreams features the following major characters.- :
- :
- : Nathaniel appears only in the beginning and end of the novella, and is his typical supportive self. The only major character development for Nathaniel is when he and Micah reveal that they believe that has a crush on Nathaniel.
Other Characters
Recurring characters include:
- ;
- ;
The death toll in Micah includes:
Major themes
Trivia
- Although the Jove edition of the novella is listed at 288 pages, the novella has been typeset to increase its page length. Uniquely among the Anita Blake series, Micah is doublespaced, with wide margins on each page, and a full page and a half of blank space surrounding each chapter number.
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