Sookie also finds a bomb planted outside of the Louisiana suite, and saves the Queen.

Sookie soon proves invaluable to the Queen as she makes the great suggestion that the Queen appoint her closest friend and 'child,' Andre, to be King of Arkansas, and then to marry him. Soon after they arrive, Jennifer Cater and most of the Arkansas entourage are brutally murdered, which simplifies the trial for the Queen. Meanwhile, her relationship with Quinn heats up.Īt the convention, Sookie meets Barry 'Bellboy' Horowitz, the only other telepath she knows. Sookie agrees to work for Sophie-Anne, despite the warnings of her fairy godmother, Claudine, that being at the convention will forever tie Sookie to vampire politics in the mind of all of the attendees, in a very public way. The story opens with Sookie entering Fangtasia to talk to Eric and those who pay him fealty, as they discuss the accusations against Sophie-Anne. Sophie-Anne plans to put Sookie's gift to good use, having her 'listen in' on the thoughts of the humans working for the other vampires at the convention as well as for the hotel, as alliances are formed and allegiances tested in what can only be described as a political power struggle of potentially deadly implications. Jennifer is determined to see Sophie-Anne staked in the sun for murdering the king, although Sookie knows the Queen is innocent of the crime. Sophie-Anne's main accuser is Jennifer Cater, a vampire who had been training to be the king's lieutenant at the time of his death. The Queen is already in a precarious position, her power base weakened by the damage to New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina, and there are some vampires who would like to finish what nature started.

Accused of murdering her husband, the King of Arkansas, Sophie-Anne is set to stand trial at the convention. The summit, which has attracted undead power players from all over the central United States, is sure to be tense, due partly to the ramping up of protests by the conservative, anti-vampire Fellowship of the Sun. All Together Dead is the seventh book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries.

All together dead by charlaine harris