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14-627: Blood Pact may refer to: Blood Pact , a 1993 novel by Tanya Huff in the Blood Books series Blood Pact , a 2009 novel by Dan Abnett in the Gaunt's Ghosts series Blood Pact , a 2013 novel by Sharon Rose Mayes Pacto de Sangue ( transl.   Blood Pact ), a Brazilian television series See also [ edit ] Blood compact , an ancient Filipino ritual Blood Oath (disambiguation) Blood seal pact  [ jp ] ,

28-457: A Japanese pact Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Blood Pact . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blood_Pact&oldid=1206733276 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

42-515: A desk job, and, at the start of the first book, is working as a private detective. Together Vicki and Henry stand against a number of supernatural threats. The series is set in Canada, mainly in Toronto , Ontario, London, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia . It uses familiar landmarks, down to Tony's home on "Neal Avenue" being recognizably Nealon Avenue north of Danforth Avenue . The series

56-614: A short science-fiction show. In the early 1980s she worked at Mr. Gameway's Ark, a game store in Downtown Toronto . From 1984 to 1992 she worked at Bakka , North America's oldest surviving science fiction book store, in Toronto. During this time she wrote seven novels and nine short stories, many of which were subsequently published. Her first professional sale was to George Scithers , the editor of Amazing Stories in 1985, who bought her short story " Third Time Lucky ". She

70-529: Is a Canadian fantasy author. Her stories have been published since the late 1980s, including five fantasy series and one science fiction series. One of these, her Blood Books series, featuring detective Vicki Nelson, was adapted for television under the title Blood Ties . Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia , Huff was raised in Kingston, Ontario . Her first sale as a writer was to The Picton Gazette when she

84-416: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tanya Huff bibliography#Blood series This series pairs a detective with a vampire. The first book introduces Victoria "Vicki" Nelson , a former police officer with failing eyesight due to Retinitis Pigmentosa and Henry Fitzroy, a vampire and writer of historical romances—which is natural for him as he

98-407: The brother portion of the assassin pair from previous books. Claire is a Keeper, charged with keeping the fabric of the metaphysical universe together, who inadvertently finds herself in charge of a small hotel with a hole to Hell in the basement. Her sidekick is Austin, a large, elderly talking cat. Claire's love interest, Dean, is a man without magical powers, whom she finds working as a handyman at

112-461: The hotel. She is also assisted by Jacques, a hedonistic but noble ghost. Claire's sister, Diana, plays a large part in the books as well. In the second book, Diana acquires a talking cat of her own, which was an angel until Diana helped it to reconfigure as a cat and which, like Austin, provides comic commentary and a partner in dialogue. A follow-up to the Blood Books , featuring Tony Foster as

126-399: The kingdom. The first book focuses on a bard who happens to be the king's sister and who has been forbidden to have a child. When she finds herself pregnant after a wild night of passion with the duke of a border duchy, she fears reprisal. The second and third books focus on a brother-sister pair of assassins. The fourth book primarily takes place in a new land and continues the story of Bannon,

140-469: The main character with his work in syndicated television on a show about a vampire detective. Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr' s aim is to keep both her superiors and her company of space marines alive as they deal with lethal missions throughout the galaxy. According to Tanya Huff , An Ancient Peace is intended to be the start of a new Peacekeeper series. Tanya Huff Tanya Sue Huff (born 1957)

154-502: Was Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset , illegitimate son of Henry VIII before he was seduced by a vampire. She is known to her police colleagues as "Victory Nelson" for her successful record of investigations; her mother calls her by her legal given name, "Victoria". Henry's protégé, Tony, is also introduced, as well as Vicki's hard-boiled former partner on the police force, Mike Celluci. Vicki's failing eyesight disqualified her from street work and she resigned rather than take

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168-703: Was a member of the Bunch of Seven writing group. In 1992, after living for 13 years in downtown Toronto, she moved with her four large cats to rural Ontario, where she currently resides with her wife, fellow fantasy writer Fiona Patton . Huff is one of the most prominent Canadian authors in the category of contemporary fantasy , a subgenre pioneered by Charles de Lint . Many of the scenes in her stories are near places where she has lived or frequented in Toronto, Kingston, and elsewhere. A prolific author, "she has written everything from horror to romantic fantasy to contemporary fantasy to humour to space opera." She appeared in

182-588: Was adapted for CBC Television under the title Blood Ties and also aired on the Lifetime channel in the US. In the TV show, Tony's character was omitted with the idea that in future another series might centre around him. Describes a world where musicians (or bards) create magic and an invasion from a neighboring country threatens the land. Many of the bards travel to carry their magical skills, as well as news, throughout

196-547: Was ten. They paid $ 10 for two of her poems. Huff joined the Canadian Naval Reserve in 1975 as a cook, ending her service in 1979. In 1982 she received a Bachelor of Applied Arts degree in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto , Ontario ; she was in the same class as science-fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer and they collaborated on their final TV Studio Lab assignment,

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