Damali is a very influential spoken word artist who writes and produces all her material (a lot of which is based on her own life experiences). The first book in the series, Minion, introduces Damali - a young twenty-year-old African American woman who is Neteru (the huntress).

Eventually it became a six book contract, then nine and finally ending it at twelve because she didn't have any more story left. Banks said she threw 'everything but the kitchen sink in there.' But her editor told her not to kill Carlos because people loved him. The demand was high and they decided to do four books and call it a series. She got a call from her editor who asked if she wanted to make the series a trilogy so she decided to use the 'We didn't see Carlos die' loophole to extend the story. Her editor, her agent and Banks herself decided to take a stance and cut the book in half. Originally a single book, written by Banks after her publisher reached out, the first book was a '750 page tome'. The cover art for this series was done by Vince Natale, while some first editions contain inside illustrations by Eric Battle. There is also intense subject matter on religion within this series. Love that exists in the form of family love, friendship love, love of self, love for the world (environment) and the love between man and woman. The Vampire Huntress Legend Series is also about the strong bonds of love. The entire series is based on the never ending struggle between good and evil. Her most dangerous and most constant enemy from The Dark Realms are vampires. The series centers around a young 'twenty-something' year old woman named Damali Richards who is a spoken word artist but is also the Neteru, a human who is born once every thousand years to fight the Dark Realms. The Vampire Huntress Legend Series (VHLS) is a twelve book series written by Leslie Esdaile Banks under the pen name L.A. This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards.

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