Review: A New Kind of Vampire Hunter
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2012
Dead Drop is a tale of vampire hunters whose mission is interrupted by a highly skilled assassin known as The Silencer. The book is set during the Vietnam War but starts out in Ireland. Lawson, the main character, and Zero go to a dead drop to make a pickup. Things go terribly wrong for them. Action ensues and Lawson gets played for a fool. The ending has a nice touch that made me chuckle.The description of Lawson being like James Bond with fangs seems pretty accurate, from what I could tell in this story. It is the first of Merz's work that I've read. It won't be the last.The Dead Drop story itself is very short which is disappointing because it was so good. Most of the 35 pages are dedicated to a preview of Merz's book The Kensei. Dead Drop does a great job of compelling you to get the next book and keep reading which, combined with the short length, is probably why it's a free download.Vampire fans who also like James Bond-like spy-adventure stories will really dig this.