Blood Oath

'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 Osama 20120807 'Anyone 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.' -- Guardian 20120807 'Terrific ... Written with enormous gusto and flair, Cade seems destined to become a hero the world will find hard to forget' -- Daily Mail 20120807 'BLOOD OATH is exactly how I like my Presidential thrillers. With vampires.' -- Brad Meltzer 20120807 'Witty, 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 Connolly 20120807 'A political-thriller concept with bite' -- LA Times 20120807 'A super cool read ... Blood Oath is fascinating and entertaining, and adds new blood to the current vampire craze' -- Bookbitch.com 20120807 'An irresistible page-turner that makes one realize that, no matter how tough the War on Terror may be, at least it's not the War on Horror ... unnervingly realistic ... dazzlingly clever ... And as an added bonus, readers finally learn the truth behind the failed assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan and that mysterious 18 1/2 -minute gap in the Watergate tapes.' -- Washington Post 20120807 'Farnsworth has written a rollicking Washington thriller about this "Drac Bauer" -- Nathaniel Cade' -- New York Post (Required Reading) 20120807 'Reminded me of reading a great Robert Ludlum spy thriller, but with supernatural elements thrown in ... fantasy, mystery and thriller fans alike will love this one' -- The Vampire Librarian 20120807 '24 meets Jonathan Maberry's Joe Ledger novels meets Fringe meets Blade ... addictively fun and entertaining' -- Fantasy Book Critic 20120807 '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' -- Fiction Finder 20120807 'This book was impossible to put down, and I devoured it in a weekend' -- Blog Critics 20120807 'Combines action, suspense, mystery, and horror ... a page turner from the very beginning ... Highly recommended' -- Monster Librarian 20120807 'Given the popularity of vampires, it is not surprising that they are appearing more frequently in crime and thriller titles, either as detectives or villains. The latest is Christopher Farnsworth's fast-moving thriller Blood Oath, which features vampire Nathaniel Cade, a Secret Service agent sworn to protect the American president from supernatural threats. Great fun...the characters are sufficiently well developed to ground the storyline. A good dose of humour also helps to move the story along.' -- Canberra Times 20120807 'Absolutely first-class entertainment ... edge of the seat stuff, and terrific fun' -- Books Monthly 20120807 'Surprising and engrossing ... Pulp fiction at its very best' -- Totalscifionline.com 20120807 'An entertaining debut novel ... a refreshing change' -- Lovevampires.com 20120807 'A brilliant central idea' -- sfrevu.com 20120807 'A darn sight better than any other contemporary thrillers you might find on the airport shelves, or dare I say it, any vampire romance you might care to suggest. Dracula meets West Wing (or even 24) - what is there not to like?' -- sffworld.com 20120807 'Tense, fast-moving, with amusing uses of improvised weapons ... a rattling good read' -- Reviewingtheevidence.com 20120807 'A fun, thrilling, fast-paced, topsy-turvy ride that kept me hooked from beginning to end ... one of those books that I enjoyed far more than I expected to' -- geekybloggersbookblog.com 20120807