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Synopsis
From Lee Killough, the author of BloodWalk, Meisha Merlin presents the new Garreth Mikaelian vampire novel Blood Games Garreth Mikaelian has an enemy... Time. He thought he knew all about being a vampire. After all, he has had fifteen years in the life to learn. But now he discovers that while Time ignores him, he cannot ignore it. Around him everyone he knows is fellow officer and periodic lover Maggie Lebekov, friends, parents. His own son now looks more like a brother. The price of his existence, he realizes, is standing rooted while Time carries everything away from him. But suddenly he has more urgent matters to worry about. Baumen's comfortable peace is shattered by sudden death and a lethal trio playing ever escalating blood games. Garreth finds himself racing time to learn whether the trio's leader is the vampire he appears to be and find a way to deal with him. Garreth must locate the suspects before other law enforcement officers do, to be sure they are captured alive... because if not yet vampires, they have drunk vampire blood and if killed will rise again even more deadly, and unstoppable.
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Blood Games: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
Adult vampire thriller with strong violence involving blood, death, and murder. Contains mature themes about mortality and the existential cost of immortality, plus law enforcement content.
What to know going in
This book has strong violence, mild sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include murder, death, and grief (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Adult readers who enjoy dark vampire thrillers with detective procedural elements and philosophical depth will find this gripping.