Rafael

Rafael, king of the wererats, must fight to the death to defend his crown. He wants Anita Blake, one of his closest allies, with him as he faces an opponent unlike any he’s faced before. He will ask Anita to risk everything to be at his side.... But some of the wererats fear that Rafael depends too much on Anita and her ties to the vampires. They believe that there is only room in America for one supernatural king, and Rafael will turn them into nothing more than food for the bloodsuckers. Among his enemies, a new challenger has arisen who is younger, hungrier, and has dark secrets that could destroy both the wererats and the vampires. Rafael will go into the magical heart of his people to find the power and violence that he needs to save them all, or die trying.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1966.

This unique and meticulously edited collection of Rafael Sabatini's complete works includes: Scaramouche Series:_x000D_ Scaramouche_x000D_ Scaramouche the King-Maker_x000D_ Captain Blood Series:_x000D_ Captain Blood_x000D_ Captain Blood Returns_x000D_ The Fortunes of Captain Blood_x000D_ Novels:_x000D_ The Lovers of Yvonne_x000D_ The Tavern Knight_x000D_ Bardelys the Magnificent_x000D_ The Trampling of the Lilies_x000D_ Love-at-Arms_x000D_ The Shame of Motley_x000D_ St. Martin's Summer_x000D_ Mistress Wilding_x000D_ The Lion's Skin_x000D_ The Strolling Saint_x000D_ The Gates of Doom_x000D_ The Sea Hawk_x000D_ The Snare_x000D_ Fortune's Fool_x000D_ The Carolinian_x000D_ Bellarion the Fortunate_x000D_ The Nuptials of Corbal_x000D_ The Hounds of God_x000D_ The Romantic Prince_x000D_ The King's Minion_x000D_ The Black Swan_x000D_ The Stalking Horse_x000D_ Venetian Masque_x000D_ Chivalry_x000D_ The Lost King_x000D_ The Sword of Islam_x000D_ The Marquis of Carabas_x000D_ Columbus_x000D_ King in Prussia_x000D_ The Gamester_x000D_ Short Stories:_x000D_ The Justice of the Duke:_x000D_ The Honour of Varano_x000D_ The Test_x000D_ Ferrante's jest_x000D_ Gismondi's wage_x000D_ The Snare_x000D_ The Lust of Conquest_x000D_ The pasquinade_x000D_ The Banner of the Bull:_x000D_ The Urbinian_x000D_ The Perugian_x000D_ The Venetian_x000D_ Turbulent Tales:_x000D_ The Kneeling Cupid_x000D_ By Ancient Custom_x000D_ The Scapulary_x000D_ The Remedy_x000D_ The Constable of Chard_x000D_ The Catchpoll_x000D_ Loaded Dices_x000D_ Casanova's Alibi_x000D_ The Open Door_x000D_ The Lord of Time_x000D_ The Death-mask_x000D_ The Alchemical Egg_x000D_ The Ghost of Tronjolly_x000D_ The Luck of Capoulade_x000D_ The Passport_x000D_ The Recoil_x000D_ Other Stories:_x000D_ The Red Mask_x000D_ The Curate and the Actress_x000D_ The Fool's Love Story_x000D_ The Sacrifice_x000D_ The Spiritualist_x000D_ Mr. Dewbury's Consent_x000D_ The Baker of Rousillon_x000D_ Wirgman's Theory_x000D_ The Abduction_x000D_ Monsieur Delamort_x000D_ The Foster Lover_x000D_ The Blackmailer_x000D_ The Justice of the Duke_x000D_ The Ordeal_x000D_ The Tapestried Room_x000D_ The Wedding Gift_x000D_ The Camisade_x000D_ In Destiny's Clutch_x000D_ The Kings Messenger_x000D_ The Vicomte's Wager_x000D_ Sword and Mitre_x000D_ The Dupes_x000D_ The Malediction_x000D_ The Red Owl_x000D_ Out of the Dice Box_x000D_ The Marquis' Coach_x000D_ Tommy_x000D_ The Lottery Ticket_x000D_ Drama:_x000D_ The Tyrant_x000D_ Historical Works:_x000D_ The Life of Cesare Borgia_x000D_ Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition_x000D_ The Historical Nights' Entertainment – First Series_x000D_ The Historical Nights' Entertainment – Second Series _x000D_ The Historical Nights' Entertainment – Third Series

"There is a lack of quiet in Sylvia that craves for action.... She knows that she is special and that she possesses unusual and varied abilities." -- From the Mossad's psychological evaluation of Sylvia Rafael When Moti Kfir, head of the Academy for Special Operations of the Mossad, first interviewed Sylvia Rafael in a coffee shop, he knew she would make a great combatant for Israel's intelligence agency. She was outgoing, resourceful, brilliant, and had a talent for bonding with others. When Kfir warned her that the mysterious job they'd met to discuss could be dangerous, she simply sat back comfortably in her chair and smiled. Sylvia Rafael is the page-turning account of a young, dedicated agent as told by the man who trained her. Drawing on extensive research and interviews, authors Ram Oren and Moti Kfir tell the story of Rafael's rise to prominence within the Mossad and her intelligence work trying to locate Ali Hassan Salameh -- the leader of Palestine's Black September organization and the mastermind behind the murder of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. Her team's misidentification of their mark would eventually lead to her arrest and imprisonment for murder and espionage. Now available in English for the first time, Sylvia Rafael offers new insight into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, its history, and its human cost. It is a gripping, authentic spy story about a fearless defender of the Jewish people.