description: A half-human, half-vampire hunts the bloodsucker who bit her in this “compelling” Bram Stoker Award-winning debut (Publishers Weekly).   One spring night in London, heiress Denise Thorne disappears while partying at a nightclub, never to be seen again. That very same night, Sonja Blue, a tough-as-nails punk vampire/vampire-slayer, conceived in terror and blood, is borne from the city’s gutters. Saved by modern medicine before she could die, she is a living vampire who still possesses a soul and is determined to fight for what remains of her humanity. In the years since her bizarre resurrection, Sonja Blue travels the globe, hunting down and disposing of those creatures that prey on the innocent while searching for the vampire Noble who created her. But when she investigates a sleazy televangelist named Catherine Wheele, who is exploiting Denise Thorne’s parents, Sonja finds herself up against a powerful inhuman adversary. But as dangerous as Catherine Wheele proves to be, Sonja’s greatest foe remains the Other, the demonic personality with whom she is locked in a constant battle for control of their shared body. Can Sonja Blue overcome her inner demon in time to rescue an innocent man from Catherine Wheele’s unholy clutches?    Acknowledged as one of the first Urban Fantasy novels, Sunglasses After Dark burst onto the fantasy/horror scene in 1989, garnering widespread critical praise and winning the Horror Writers Association’s coveted Bram Stoker Award, as well as the British Fantasy Society’s Icarus Award.  
language: English
title: Sunglasses After Dark
titlecomplete: Sunglasses After Dark (Sonja Blue, #1)
characters: Sonja Blue
genres: Paranormal, Fantasy, Adult, Urban Fantasy, Vampires, Dark Fantasy, Thriller, Supernatural, Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 2877
series: Sonja Blue
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Locus Award
category: Best First Novel and Best Horror Novel, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Compton Crook Award, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Seiun Award 星雲賞
category: Best Foreign Novel, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Lord Ruthven Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Kinnell Publications Ltd