Today's featured book is BLOOD AND BULLETS, first in a new urban fantasy series by James R. Tuck. It's always interesting to read an urban fantasy written by a guy after reading so many series written by women. Yes, Virginia, there is a difference. Don't be jumping on me--it's true!
Blood and Bullets, James Tuck's debut novel, has a very noir-detective feel to it, with humorous asides, gnashing vampire teeth, and gore galore. Deacon Chalk responds to the death of his family by becoming a vampire hunter, operating out of his strip club, Polecats (meow). He's a serious badass, loves his weaponry, and his vampires are nasty critters. You won't find a lot of emotional depth here, despite his loss of family--Deacon isn't one to sit around and cry in his beer. He'll just shoot something instead. If you're a little burned out on paranormal romance and the softer side of urban fantasy, this could be your antidote.
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ABOUT
THE BOOK: He lives to kill monsters. He keeps his city
safe. And his silver hollow-points and back-from-the-dead abilities help him
take out any kind of supernatural threat. But now an immortal evil has this
bad-ass bounty hunter dead in its sights… Ever since a monster murdered his
family, Deacon Chalk hunts any creature that preys on the innocent. So when a
pretty vampire girl "hires" him to eliminate a fellow slayer, Deacon
goes to warn him--and barely escapes a vampire ambush. Now he's got a
way-inexperienced newbie hunter to protect and everything from bloodsuckers to
cursed immortals on his trail. There's also a malevolent force controlling the
living and the undead, hellbent on turning Deacon's greatest loss into the one
weapon that could destroy him.
Want to win a copy of Blood and Bullets? Male urban fantasy
writers are in the vast minority—do you have a favorite? Yes, you can say Jim
Butcher, because I love me some Dresden. I'm also a fan of the Simon R. Green Nightside series (which this book bears a closer resemblance to than Dresden.) You know the drill, my vampire slayers: one entry for comment, a
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I like Mark del Franco.
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Just discovered the Sandman Slim series. Wow!
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I'm ashamed to say I'm only aware of Jim Butcher. Well, now I'm aware of James Tuck too. ;-)
ReplyDeleteLast year I discover Kevin Hearne with his Iron Druid Chronicale. Give it a try it really good!!!
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I love Jim Butcher too, but have just discovered Ben Aaronovitch! His London series starring Peter Grant is great!
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Jim Butcher is by far my favorite male UF writer. I could read the Dresden Files bi-annually and never get tired of it!
ReplyDeleteBut Blood and Bullets is definitely on my radar as I think there aren't enough male protags in UF. So YAY! for your giveaway!
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kevin hearne is really good
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Well, I really like Simon R Green and Jim Butcher. I also enjoyed Hearne's Druid books.
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I love Jim Dresden, but my favorite series right now is the Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne!
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Scott Westerfeld.
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I've heard of Jim Butcher, but never read him. This books sounds good too. So many books, so little time!
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I discover Simon Green when he was first published in my country (okay, it happened...4 months ago! How could I have missed it?) Bpught all his books and loved them all!
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Jim Butcher would be my favorite! tWarner419@aol.com
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I love Jim Butcher. I also like Harry Connolly.
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It's sad, but I haven't read any male authors of UF that I can think of offhand. I think that's one reason why I'd love to read this book.
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Only one male author comes to mind at the moment, Daniel Polansky. His novel, Low Town came out last year and I really enjoyed it!
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I do not have a favorite, I have heard of Jim Butcher but havent been able to read any yet. I have really been trying to win this book it really sounds good.
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I never seem to pick up many books written by boys, but this sounds amazing - especially "Deacon isn't one to sit around and cry in his beer. He'll just shoot something instead. " <- that sounds hilarious :D and I can use a good detective story with a dash of urban fantasy!
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