This is the second book that I have read by Scott Haworth and I keep loving his style of writing. I thought with Scott's history background this book would be the same 'ol vampire story but Haworth pulls a J.J. Abrams and brings the razzle dazzle. The other reviewers focus on the protagonist Nick and his being a vampire and 3 malarkey jobs (if you lived forever would you want 3 jobs? With 3 bosses and 3 groups of coworkers to put up with? Nick is an idiot) Instead I want to focus on 2 smaller but equally important characters, the prison guard Nathan Smalley and one of Nick's love interest Dr. Prudence Kenner.
Nathan Smalley is important for two reasons, he is a representation of the typical citizen and their reaction to being told that Vampires are real but also because Nathan fits perfectly into the tragic hero role. Nathan is a prison guard at the Regan penitentiary as Nick's night time guard. Nathan is scared of Nick but he doesn't admit it and handles his fear with humor. Jokes like "I vant to suck your blood!" are humorous and Nick should've had a better appreciation at the irony. Instead Nick responds with insults saying Nathan isn't well read. This is typical in most of Nathan and Nick's interactions. Nathan is trying to defuse the situation with humor and Nick responds with close mindedness and stereotypical insults, the same close mindedness and stereotypes he is fighting. Sadly Nathan does die in the end. Just a man doing his job to the best of his ability is cut down by Nick's terrorist acts. Nathan is a everyman's man and he died defending his country from the horrible disease that Nick carries. Nathan is the hero and I hope that Scott gives the revenge story Nathan deserves.
Dr. Prudence Kenner, cheese and rice where do I start. I'm not sure how long of a Law and Order tv bender Haworth was on when he came up with this character but clearly it was a mistake that should never have been allowed to happen. The character was supposed to either have aspergers or is a functional sociopath, either way she comes off a mentally challenged. Comment like "I'm a socially inept forensic anthropologist," and "I love you." Nick, "really?" Kenner," I don't know." No one would ever say those things I don't care what mental disorder they have, they are just out of place and really throw the reader's reading rhythm off. I appreciate the attempt of throwing in the quarky sidekick that seems to be a staple in today's tv and movies but perhaps Haworth should just have made Kenner a jive talking monkey robot from the future, he might have written that a bit better.
Lastly, I think this was one of Scott Haworth's better books. I liked the characters both big and small, I liked the science explain the vampires and I liked the attention to the flow and plot of this book, it was a great page burner. I will definitely keep reading Haworth's books and I encourage everyone to give him a whirl.
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