Staked

J. F. Lewis

Mar 2008 · Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

UNREPENTANT. UNIMPRESSED. AND TOTALLY UNDEAD.

Eric's got issues. He has short-term and long-term memory problems; he can't remember who he ate for dinner yesterday, much less how he became a vampire in the first place. His best friend, Roger, is souring on the strip club he and Eric own together. And his girlfriend, Tabitha, keeps pressuring him to turn her so she can join him in undeath. It's almost enough to put a Vlad off his appetite. Almost.

Eric tries to solve one problem, only to create another: he turns Tabitha into a vampire, but finds that once he does, his desire for her fades -- and her younger sister, Rachel, sure is cute. And when he kills a werewolf in self-defense, things really get out of hand. Now a pack of born-again lycanthropes is out for holy retribution, while Tabitha and Rachel have their own agendas -- which may or may not include helping Eric stay in one piece.

All Eric wants to do is run his strip club, drink a little blood, and be left alone. Instead, he must survive car crashes, enchanted bullets, sunlight, sex magic, and werewolves on ice -- not to mention his own nasty temper and forgetfulness.

Because being undead isn't easy, but it sure beats the alternative.

Ratings and reviews

Staked reminds me in many ways of Bram Stoker's story that started it all, and with very good reason. In Eric Courtney, J. F. Lewis portrays a truly classic vampire: an utterly inhuman monster, evil to the core, yet with whom we can all somehow identify. And Mr. Lewis manages to tell Eric's tale with humor amidst the horror! Staked deserves to stand with the greatest vampire stories yet told. It is both a new look, and an honest homage, to one of the most captivating monsters mankind has ever imagined.

I'm not a big reader but I picked this up in the bookstore and couldn't put it down. That being said you figure the mystery in chapter 5 but wait for that OH SNAP! twist but it never comes. The characters are likeable and are what will keep me reading this series.

A great vampire series. You won't be disappointed.

About the author

J.F. Lewis lives in Birmingham, Alabama. He decided that he wanted to be a writer when a supposed creative writing teacher questioned his sanity and suggested therapy. The author spent eight wonderful years working in a comic and game shop, until financial considerations required him to become a corporate schmoe. He abides with his patient wife, two adorable sons, and an Akita.