Blood Oath: The President's Vampire 1
By (Author) Christopher Farnsworth
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder Paperback
1st March 2011
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.6
Paperback
400
Width 129mm, Height 197mm, Spine 26mm
276g
'There are worse things in this world than al-Qaeda and North Korea, Zach. And they are just waiting for their chance at us.'
Sharp and ambitious, Zach Barrows is on his way up. But when he gets a call from the White House, it's not quite the promotion he expected. Zach is to be the new political liaison officer to America's best kept secret:Nathaniel Cade. The President's vampire.And Cade is the world's only hope against a horrifying new terrorist threat advancing from the Middle East. The fight is deadlier than ever, and time is running out . . .If Dan Brown wrote a vampire thriller, this would be it - Mitch Horowitz
It's genius. It's sheer, bloody genius. - Lavie Tidhar, author of OsamaAnyone worried that the vampire novel is stuck in a soppy Twilight rut will be relieved by screenwriter Farnsworth's hilariously over-conceived debut. The set-up alone is a joy . . . Cade is a wonderful creation - all the more satisfying for being not the usual fey aristocrat but a brutal and often charmless "apex predator". Slick, fast-moving fun for the beach. - GuardianTerrific . . . Written with enormous gusto and flair, Cade seems destined to become a hero the world will find hard to forget - Daily MailBLOOD OATH is exactly how I like my Presidential thrillers. With vampires. - Brad MeltzerWitty, exciting, and compulsively readable, with a central character who seems destined to become a favourite of both sceptics and true blood believers, this may just be the best debut vampire novel in many years. - John ConnollyA political-thriller concept with bite - LA TimesA super cool read . . . Blood Oath is fascinating and entertaining, and adds new blood to the current vampire craze - Bookbitch.comBorn and raised in Idaho, Christopher Farnsworth worked as an investigative and business reporter before selling his first screenplay. Since then, he has been coming up with new and better ways to kill monsters, bad guys and aliens. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Jean Roosevelt Farnsworth, and their daughter.