title: Seize the Night: New Tales of Vampiric Terror
author: Kelley Armstrong
description: "The notion of the romantic vampire is transcended to chilling and even heartbreaking effect in this stellar anthology of tales....These stories move smoothly from the subtle to the horrifying." (<i>Publishers Weekly (starred review)</i>)
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  [ACKNOWLEDGMENTS](e9781466815711_toc01.html#toctitle1)
  
  
  To Judy and Jack, from the Albuquerque Police Department, for their friendship
  and technical assistance
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ALSO BY DAVID & AIMEÉE THURLO
  
  
    
  
  
  ELLA CLAH NOVELS
  
  
    
  
  Blackening Song  
  Death Walker  
  Bad Medicine  
  Enemy Way  
  Shooting Chant  
  Red Mesa  
  Changing Woman  
  Tracking Bear  
  Wind Spirit  
  White Thunder
  
    
  
  
  LEE NEZ NOVELS
  
  
    
  
  Second Sunrise  
  Blood Retribution
  
    
  
  
  SISTER AGATHA NOVELS
  
  
    
  
  Bad Faith  
  Thief in Retreat
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  [CHAPTER 1](e9781466815711_toc01.html#toctitle2)
  
  
  To a vampire, expertly applied sunblock could literally mean the difference
  between life and death. For New Mexico state police officer Lee Nez, a half
  vampire—night walker in Navajo terms—it meant he could venture out into the
  sun for a while, though it was always risky. What if his FBI-style wraparound
  sunglasses were knocked off, or he’d missed a spot?
  
  
  That thought on his mind, Lee considered pulling off the road before he
  re