Agent: Steven Chudney, the Chudney Agency. It has very strong Dresden Files energy and while utterly ridiculous in places is hardly a. Published in 2012, Im pretty sure that theres not going to be a sequel but this is a work I probably would have continued to read over a dozen novels. The final showdown convincingly resolves all the plot threads and provides fans of the vampire western genre a delightful read. Spradlin is one of the rare books that I am very upset is a one and done. Publication date 2012 Topics Veterans - Fiction, Vampires - Fiction, Vampires, Veterans, Homicide - Fiction, Criminal.

Romance alternates with mounting peril as a sleazy senator’s evil, cologne-drenched henchman pursues Hollister, and exciting encounters with Archaics lead to spectacular firefights. Abraham Van Helsing, in a cameo appearance, supplies comic relief and James Bond–ish special protections for Pinkerton’s steam train. Hollister’s intrepid and colorful team grows to include Shaniah, Chee (who boasts of “Cajun, Chinese, Creek, and Negro” ancestors), engineer Monkey Pete, and valiant town whore Sally. Dissension within Archaic ranks pits Shaniah, who’s concerned for her people’s survival, against brutal Malachi, who is breaking Archaic laws by attacking humans. Allan Pinkerton dispatches disgraced Army captain Jonas Hollister on a covert assignment to destroy renegade quasi-vampires called Archaics that destroyed Hollister’s unit five years before and are now targeting small towns.

Spradlin (Jack and Jill Went Up to Kill: A Book of Zombie Nursery Rhymes) makes the Wild West of 1881 truly rambunctious.

Blood Riders by Michael P. Spradlin