Review: A good Humans -vs- Rippers (Vampires) read...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 19, 2011
Vampire Road follows Alex "Fitz" Fitzallan, Crusader of the First Order in the Catholic Church of Chicago, as he journeys from Chicago to St. John's Keep to deliver orders from Pope Pius.  Fitz's orders are to get the people of the keep to abandon their homes and give their valuables to the church or face excommunication from the church.Being non-Catholic, I spent a little time online looking up the religious references in this story, but otherwise this book turned out to be a good read.  I like that the author had strong feminine characters fighting along side the strong male characters.  The storyline moves quickly as Fitz struggles with himself and his beliefs as he fights rippers to get to St. John's Keep, and as he fights along side the people of St. John's keep-now considered heretics when they refuse to abandon the keep for a Pope they no longer believe in.  With a ripper-spy within their walls warning the rippers of their every move, the people of the keep must fight to keep the army of rippers from over running the keep.This book has a little bit of everything; action, romance, drama, thriller but without so much blood and guts.  If you like post-apocalyptic vampire stories, you'll enjoy Vampire Road.I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for my review.