Do you ever get a giddy feeling when you know you have come across something that is truly great? That is how I felt after reading Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth coming in May from Putnam Publishing. This debut novel combines wit, intrigue and the supernatural to form a spectacular adventure of the mind.
Zach Barrows is an up and coming White House shining star and believes he can handle any job the President can throw at him. Little does he know that the President still has a few surprises in store for him by making him the "handler" of Nathaniel Cade. Barrows looks at the job as a demotion and finds it hard to believe that his new assignment is in fact a vampire pardoned during Andrew Johnson's presidency. He soon realizes that the impossible is true and his life has just taken on a whole new direction.
Farnsworth bases his modern story on a little known historical fact that President Johnson really did pardon someone for vampirism. This book reminds me of the Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's Pendergast novels with its attention to historical detail that engages the reader without boring them or becoming too analytical. It also has a sense of quirkiness that keeps the reader guessing. I am genuinely looking forward to the next installment of the President's vampire and hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.
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