Kirjahaku

Once upon a time when they were young and inexperienced, Dale and James made a lot of mistakes. Sometimes innocent people paid the price.Christmas morning, one of the mistakes from their past comes back to haunt Dale. Tyler Gillian was a little boy when James destroyed his life. In the years since Dale last saw him, Tyler has become a powerful practitioner of magic; strange magic that Dale knows almost nothing about. Every spell has a counter and every curse can be broken, at least that is what Dale has always believed, but this time things are different. If Dale wants to save his friends, he may have to give up everything.

Dale Bruyer and James Sandover were huntsmen: monster hunting heirs to a secret legacy, warriors and students of magic. Until James died and left Dale all alone on a self-destructive path through alcoholism to an early grave. Then a killer begins ritualistically murdering young women in the small town of Solagrove, Louisiana and the deaths may or may not be paranormal, but Dale gets drawn into it anyway. There is something very familiar about the murders and someone has to stop them. Witnesses describe seeing a man in a long black coat who sounds a lot like James, and it doesn't matter that it's impossible. Dale knows it's impossible because James is dead. There is absolutely no question about it. But in Dale's world, corpses sometimes get up and walk away from their graves.

Dale Bruyer kills bad things that go bump in the night, or at least he used to. Now he owns a bar in small town Louisiana. True, it has become a hang-out for the same creatures he used to hunt down, but they tip in gold and diamonds, so he can't really complain. He's retired (sort of) and out of the game until a friend starts him a website and brings him a new case: vampires in New Orleans. He's skeptical, but when he discovers vampire blood being peddled on the street as the newest cheap thrill and comes face to face with a monster from legend, it's not so unbelievable anymore. But things aren't always what they seem, especially in Dale's world, and it's up to him to figure out what's actually happening and ultimately decide which side he's really on.