Review: Brad Black. Delta Force and vampire
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2014
Liked this one from page one. Pretty damned good read.Brad Black, call sign Peter Pan, is a Delta Force operator.He and the Delta team he's a member of are set to attack a cave complex in Afghanistan. A cave complex thats supposed to house jihadists.Once inside they find a room that was walled off. This room has several bodies in it. Bodies of dead Soviets. They have been sealed in that room for twenty five years.Black is caught in a cave in after he and his team have been attacked by men they never really get a good look at. Men of exceptional strength.Black comes to surprised to find himself still alive. He then meets Sergey Krasnov. Krasnov is the man who pulled him out of the cave. The man who saved his life.Krasnov is also a vampire. A vampire who has turned Black into a vampire. Something Black is having one hell of a time believing.Krasnov is on a mission. A mission thats waited for twenty-five years. A mission to remove an ancient vampire. Vladimir Dratshev. A mission he would like Blacks help completing.Dratshev is a vampire. A vampire with an agenda. He and his men have turned some of Blacks teammates. They are now vampires. Vampires with Delta force training.Dratshev is trying to create vampires who can move in the sunlight. He will do anything to achieve his goals. His men, Blacks teammates included, will do whatever Dratshev tells them to do and they have no problem killing anyone who gets in their way.Unknown to Dratshev Black is a vampire who can be out in sunlight. He's a Ra-Hadok according the Krasnov. A vampire that sunlight doesn't affect. This is a fact Black finds out when he shoots Krasnov, he thinks he's killed Krasnov, and heads back to Firebase Python. He's able to walk in full sunlight and does make it back to base where he is greeted by the surviving members of his team.On the way back he kills two jihadists and drinks their blood. This is something that is now almost automatic for him. He realizes that blood is what he needs. He can eat regular food but he knows blood is what he needs to survive. He's stronger, faster and nothing can hurt him. Black is amazed and in a world of confusion about his new circumstances.So begins one pretty damed good read.This one has Black, his teammates, Krasnov,  vampires, jihadists, an Afghani who is aware of vampires, commanders who have a hard time believing whats in front of their eyes, a Govt that wants Black, a Russian vamp who wants Black and Brad Black trying to figure out his new life.Black and Ibanescu, a Delta operator, a friend, a man Black turned in order to save his life, are whisked away by a Govt entity, Detachment V. Black meets Professor Adam Thurlbeck who is part of Detachment V. He's also a vamp.One great read and I'll be waiting for number two. Five Stars