Jon F. Merz's Lawson Vampire series is being made into a TV series, The Fixer. Most of the books in this series are out of print, with The Syndicate
($5.99 Paperback) the only apparent exception.Series Description
Called "James Bond with fangs," THE FIXER tells the story of Lawson, a cynical, jaded part cop/spy/commando divinely chosen from birth to help protect the Balance - the line separating humanity and the race of living vampires that has evolved in secret alongside humans over thousands of years. Called upon to protect his race by rooting out rogues, criminals, terrorists, and ne'er-do-wells, Lawson dispenses justice with extreme prejudice, sarcasm by the bowlful, and bullets by the pound. Lawson's area of operations (AO) is Boston and New England, but his previous missions have taken him all over the world.
What makes THE FIXER so unique and utterly cool? Unlike every other vampire story, the vampires in Lawson's world are *not* undead. They're members of a separately evolving race that has existed in secret for thousands of years. They have their own society carefully intermingled with humans who, for the most part, have no idea they exist.
A thrilling mix of Crime, Espionage, and Magic - THE FIXER will deliver pulse-pounding episodes with fantastic production quality garnered from a team of industry veterans and blazing up-and-comers.
It's been quite a while in the making and people have been asking when his Lawson Vampire books are going to be re-issued (which he announced in Aug 2006 on his MySpace page). With, apparently, no firm release date in sight, he is instead making them available, for a VERY limited time, as ebooks, in either PDF or Mobi versions, if you buy all of them in one bundle. Here's the announcement from his web site:
Announcing – and ONLY for a VERY limited time – your chance to read everything Lawson Vampire that I’ve written – TO DATE (meaning there’s still a lot more to come) in a very special ebook compilation, THE FIXER FILES. This is NOT going to be available anywhere, except through me directly. This very special compilation includes:All for just $9.99. The ONLY way to get this package is to pre-order NOW, direct through me, by clicking the BUY NOW button below. Only two formats will be made available: .pdf and .mobi – be sure to specify when you place your order.
- THE FIXER
- THE INVOKER
- THE DESTRUCTOR
- THE SYNDICATE
- THE COURIER (novella)
- THE KENSEI RED TIDE (short story)
- THE PRICE OF A GOOD DRINK (short story)
You may be asking - how do I get a sample of his writing (and this series), to decide if I want to buy? It turns out that you can read Red Tide from the TV series web site (HERE). Plus, you can read what looks like the entire novella The Courier on his myspace page. It was posted back in 2006 and the page starts with the epilogue (click on Older Posts, at the bottom, twice to get to the beginning entry).
He's now posted a deadline - this offer is only good thru Midnight (EST), tomorrow night and only available HERE.
You may also want to check out some of his work that is available on Kindle.
PARALLAX
and VICARIOUS
($1.59 each) are full length novels, while THE BRANK OF KHOSADAM
and PRISONER 392
($1 each) are short stories. It seems the automatic discounting is broken at Amazon right now, but these short stories should be listed at 80 cents, each, if it kicks back in.Parallax
What happens when two professional assassins - one a Mafia hitman and the other a former German terrorist - kill at exactly the same moment in time? For Ernst Stahl and Frank Jolino the result is a psychic bond that slowly blossoms in each man's mind, enabling them to see into the other's world. Frank Jolino doesn't like what he sees, especially when he realizes that Stahl is headed to his home turf of Boston to kill a scientist who may hold the key to solving the world's deadliest diseases. But for Stahl, there's no other option. Virtually bankrupt and with his son in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant, he's got little choice but to take the assignment. Jolino has other ideas. On the run from his crime syndicate for refusing to kill his ex-girlfriend-turned-government-informant, Jolino sets a plan in motion that will bring the two men face-to-face and gun-to-gun...with no guarantees either will survive.
Vicarious
When disgraced ex-FBI agent-turned-Boston-cop Steve Curran finds a corpse with no practical explanation for its death, the nightmares start again. Convinced the serial killer that caused his expulsion from the Bureau is once again haunting him, Curran soon learns his theories are all wrong. When the sister of the latest victim, Lauren Fields, uncovers an old journal detailing the hunt for a creature known only as the Soul Eater, she and Curran must confront the very real prospect that the killer is not of this world at all – and that his motives have little to do with killing, but all to do with something far, far worse.
Those who don't have Kindles will find these for sale in PDF format on his website.
