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No Dominion (Joe Pitt #2)
Joe Pitt no ha tenido un caso en mucho tiempo y sus reservas se están agotando. ¿Qué reservas? Las únicas que cuentan para alguien como Joe: sangre y dinero. Pero descubre que hay una nueva droga en la calle que podría dar a los vampiros de Nueva York una publicidad indeseada. La droga, «anatema» parece que viene de Harlem y el jefe de La Sociedad le encarga que investigue...more
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Typical of the Joe Pitt series. A good, indulgent, fast read about a 'fictonal' NYC where the vampire underground is making trouble for itself again. If you are into vampire noir/manhattancentric books, you'll enjoy this. The prose is tight, the characters just believable enough. The references to very real bars and shops in and around downtown nyc make it especially enjoyable if you get the references. i can't wait for the next one: Half the Blood in Brooklyn. I can't wait to see what holes Pit...more
Got Blood?
Joe Pitt is the classic pulp fiction tough guy. Part private investigator, part leg breaker, all renegade. Joe Pitt is also a "vampyre".
Welcome to Charlie Huston's contemporary New York, a city where by night the undead walk among us, holed up in darkened Manhattan apartments by day. But But Houston's Dracula is about as similar to Bram Stoker and Transylvanian and bats as blood is similar to Kool Aid. Huston's blood-lusting wraiths of Manhattan are v...more
Joe Pitt is the classic pulp fiction tough guy. Part private investigator, part leg breaker, all renegade. Joe Pitt is also a "vampyre".
Welcome to Charlie Huston's contemporary New York, a city where by night the undead walk among us, holed up in darkened Manhattan apartments by day. But But Houston's Dracula is about as similar to Bram Stoker and Transylvanian and bats as blood is similar to Kool Aid. Huston's blood-lusting wraiths of Manhattan are v...more
Second in the urban fantasy series, Joe Pitt, a new kind of paranormal crime fiction. Yup, the name says it all—gritty, pulp noir about a 17-year-old runaway who gets infected with the Vyrus turning him into a vampire. Spending the first 30 years, few for a vampire that is, learning the ropes and how to survive in his new unlife. Joe decides to go it alone, as a rogue living a precarious life on the fringe of various clans' territories. Tolerated for his fairness.
The Story
It's bee...more
The Story
It's bee...more
Book 2 of Charlie Huston's Joe Pitt books was an excellent read with one caveat. You have to have read the first book, Already Dead, otherwise the players and intrigue make little to no sense. If you HAVE read Already Dead, then this is a must read. The hard nosed Joe Pitt continues to have troubles with the Society, the Coalition and now the boys up above 110th as well. We learn a little more about everything and everyone as well as the political dynamics of the vampire clans of NY. I am ...more
Charlie Huston has another series of books (a trilogy) which consists of Caught Stealing, Six Bad Things, and A Dangerous Man. Go read those; they're pretty terrific. This is the second in his series about a loner noirish vampire sort-of P.I. who navigates amongst various clan factions of vampires who have territories in Manhattan, and it's got a Lower East Side attitude in spades, and not much else. There was an initial build-out of a mythos in the first book, but now in the second book, he...more
Joe Pitt returns for his second adventure, and author Huston continues to build his hard-boiled Manhattan vampire mythos. This time Joe is on the hunt for the origins of a volatile drug derived from the vampire Vyrus and the trail points uptown to Harlem. As a rogue who refuses to ally with any of the battling vampire clans, Joe runs the gauntlet as he crosses town on the A train.
Huston does a great job of continuing to develop the antagonisms and history between the clans he introd...more
Huston does a great job of continuing to develop the antagonisms and history between the clans he introd...more
I’d like to start this review with an exhortation to the horror-tinged-detective-novel-written-in-the-first-person-buying public: Drop that crappy Laurell K. Hamilton book and get on the Charlie Huston train!
With ALREADY DEAD, Huston took his already keen noir skills into the supernatural realm, populating Manhattan with a patchwork of rival “vampyre” clans and doing away with quotation marks altogether. His protagonist – undead sad-sack private eye Joe Pitt – was introduced with macab...more
With ALREADY DEAD, Huston took his already keen noir skills into the supernatural realm, populating Manhattan with a patchwork of rival “vampyre” clans and doing away with quotation marks altogether. His protagonist – undead sad-sack private eye Joe Pitt – was introduced with macab...more
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Joe Pitt, vampire PI (well, kind of), is short on cash and short on blood. He drops by the HQ of the East Village's vampire Clan, the Society, to see if they've got any jobs for him. You may be shocked to find out that they *do* have a job for him: Joe must investigate a new drug that is affecting the vampire community.
OK, the premise is a bit cliched (for the 2000s anyway): urban vampire mashed up with detective noir. But it's done well. Huston's sparse style makes the words leap off ...more
OK, the premise is a bit cliched (for the 2000s anyway): urban vampire mashed up with detective noir. But it's done well. Huston's sparse style makes the words leap off ...more
Charlie Houston writes like the most action-fueled action film. The break-neck pace of his stories make his books hard to put down, and fun to read. I'm so in love with the Hang Thompson trilogy, that I want to read everything he writes. When I learned he had a vampyre series, I admit I was somewhat skeptical, but boy was I wrong!
He's taken an old legend, and breathed new life into the genre. Instead of sparkly pretty boys, or vamps that write in their diaries, we get gangster vamps...more
He's taken an old legend, and breathed new life into the genre. Instead of sparkly pretty boys, or vamps that write in their diaries, we get gangster vamps...more
If you asked me last night - when I read the last 60 some pages in one or two sittings - I would have said this was an awesome book and had lots of great urban noir style that The Dresden Files can only dream of. Even as late as this morning I was recommending this book as a great addition to the growing vampire (spelled vampyre in this book for no good reason at all) collection.
But right now, I don't remember much of it.
So, yeah, we have our Joe Pitt - cooler-than-tho...more
But right now, I don't remember much of it.
So, yeah, we have our Joe Pitt - cooler-than-tho...more
#2 Joe Pitt Casebooks (Vampire - UF) (Books Free.com rental)
Joe Pitt, sometimes PI and vampire, is attacked in a bar by a fellow vampire who is high on drugs. What is this new drug that achieves the impossible -- breaking through the vampire virus and allowing the user to not only get high, but to go temporarily crazy and out of control?
Joe is low on money and his blood supply has dwindled, so he reluctantly agrees to investigate. Joe must travel through Manhattan's var...more
Joe Pitt, sometimes PI and vampire, is attacked in a bar by a fellow vampire who is high on drugs. What is this new drug that achieves the impossible -- breaking through the vampire virus and allowing the user to not only get high, but to go temporarily crazy and out of control?
Joe is low on money and his blood supply has dwindled, so he reluctantly agrees to investigate. Joe must travel through Manhattan's var...more
So, I got this book from the library rather than loading it onto my Kindle. These apparently aren't chapter books, but plot breaks are there, which is helpful. Still no quotation marks. Then again, I don't think Joe Pitt is the kinda guy who worries about proper grammar and punctuation. It fits.
Another gritty, violent installment in the Joe Pitt Casebooks series. There are a lot of parts in the book that, if I were watching the movie based on the book, I'd be covering my eyes to keep...more
Another gritty, violent installment in the Joe Pitt Casebooks series. There are a lot of parts in the book that, if I were watching the movie based on the book, I'd be covering my eyes to keep...more
Joe Pitt gets mixed up in a nasty double-cross and, as usual, he's on the losing end of it...
There is a new drug going around the Island of Manhattan and it's causing havoc among the newly converted. Seems that this drug is the only way for a Vampyre to get high, or at least feel the high they did before the Vyrus. Terry Bird, head of The Society, asks Joe to "look into it" and find out where it's coming from and who's dealing it. This mission leads Joe on a journey Uptown wh...more
There is a new drug going around the Island of Manhattan and it's causing havoc among the newly converted. Seems that this drug is the only way for a Vampyre to get high, or at least feel the high they did before the Vyrus. Terry Bird, head of The Society, asks Joe to "look into it" and find out where it's coming from and who's dealing it. This mission leads Joe on a journey Uptown wh...more
I think I'm liking the punchlines at the end of the stories. I may not like the journey that takes me there (wading through Digga's dialogue was a trial in itself, though oddly as a character, I admit I liked him) but sometimes I find I'm sitting there thinking about how predictable the storyline is when at the eleventh hour the author dangles the carrot in front of my nose with a little nugget of "wait, wait, what's this? Follow me into the next book to find out".
Basically...more
Basically...more
I really like Huston's writing style. I read his Hank Thompson series first and still LOVE it and then I read the first Joe Pitt book. It took me a while to get around to this one not because the first wasn't great but because I've got so much on my TBR list.
This book did not disappoint. I really like Huston's version of vampires. I like how he delves into the vampire society and politics. It's rough, gritty and not in the least bit glamorous and he makes it work really well. I thoroug...more
This book did not disappoint. I really like Huston's version of vampires. I like how he delves into the vampire society and politics. It's rough, gritty and not in the least bit glamorous and he makes it work really well. I thoroug...more
So far I seem incapable of reading these books in less than a sitting or two, which is kind of nice. I think I actually liked this a little bit better than Already Dead; you get to see more of Joe's world, and with a lot of the scene-setting accomplished by the first novel Huston stretches out a little. The revelations about the virus that causes vampires (Huston's dumb-ass alternate spelling of both terms is just about the only thing I DON'T like about his work so far) skirt the edge of making ...more
Nobody writes popcorn fiction like Charlie.
Second book in the Joe Pitt vampyre series. Another good series with just enough of the Charlie Huston creepiness that caught my attention in his other series. In this one, Joe actually bites someones' eye out...creepy. I like that his character is interacting more with his mortal girlfriend and hope that Charlie Huston explores that relationship more in the next book. Maybe Joe will finally tell her what he is and save her from AIDS (by infecting her with the vamprye virus, which will cure ...more
Joe Pitt is Charlie Huston's noir-ish, smart talking, tough, vampire private eye. Of sorts. He's asked to find out what drug new vampires are taking that makes them freak out in a completely destructive way (to them and to anyone or anything nearby). Personally, he's also grappling with his girlfriend Evie's request that he donate blood as her HIV infection is taking on a new, dangerous level of activity. She's not a vampire and doesn't know that Joe is ... so things are naturally a bit strained...more
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PROTAGONIST: Joe Pitt, vampire
SETTING: New York City
SERIES: #2 of 2
RATING: 3.75
How do you like your vampires? Do you want them swishing around in long black capes with bad hairdos? Do you want the fangs to be long and menacing, or do you prefer a more discreet dentation? George Hamilton or Tom Cruise? If any of these are your preference, then you are going to be out of luck when you read NO DOMINION by Charlie Huston. His vampires act and look very much lik...more
SETTING: New York City
SERIES: #2 of 2
RATING: 3.75
How do you like your vampires? Do you want them swishing around in long black capes with bad hairdos? Do you want the fangs to be long and menacing, or do you prefer a more discreet dentation? George Hamilton or Tom Cruise? If any of these are your preference, then you are going to be out of luck when you read NO DOMINION by Charlie Huston. His vampires act and look very much lik...more
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Charlie Huston has a voice all his own. He’s clearly a noir writer, and clearly has an ear for dialogue. I’m a fan of Ed Gorman for the same reasons, but Charlie Huston makes Ed Gorman look like Dr. Seuss, because Charlie Huston writes about some bad-ass sons-of-bitches. Joe Pitt, a Vampyre in New York City, is one of those SOBs.
Huston introduced us to Joe Pitt in Already Dead, and he sort of introduced us to him in the Hank Thompson trilogy, since the main characters in both series ...more
Huston introduced us to Joe Pitt in Already Dead, and he sort of introduced us to him in the Hank Thompson trilogy, since the main characters in both series ...more
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Anyone who wishes urban-fantasy had more horror in it
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mystery-thrillers,
urban-fantasy
No Dominion is the second book in Charlie Huston's Joe Pitt Vampyre (that's how he spells it) series. And just like the novel that proceded this, Almost Dead , it is abrasive, sharp, fast and just plain messed up.
For anyone not familiar with the Joe Pitt world, here's a little refresher. Joe Pitt is a vampyre. Infected with the vyrus many years ago, he's a thug and a rouge living in NY's Alphabet City. He doesn't belong to any vampyre clan, although they all try to get a piece...more
For anyone not familiar with the Joe Pitt world, here's a little refresher. Joe Pitt is a vampyre. Infected with the vyrus many years ago, he's a thug and a rouge living in NY's Alphabet City. He doesn't belong to any vampyre clan, although they all try to get a piece...more
#2 Joe Pitt ‘paranormal noir’ mystery series. Joe, a Rogue Vampyre not pledged to any of the vampyre clans in New York, is feeling a bit peaky these days. He’s down to his last 3 pints of blood in the fridge and two months behind on his rent. Ever since the incident in which he cheesed off a couple of the major clan bosses, the work coming his way has been slim to none. He’s about to go begging for a job when one gets thrown his way by Terry, the Society boss.
New vampyres are hittin...more
New vampyres are hittin...more
(This review is for No Dominion, Half the Blood of Brooklyn and Every Last Drop.)
I didn't love Joe Pitt in Already Dead.
And I don't love him in any of the next three, exactly. But I do love Charlie Huston and the world he's created.
And as much as I do love Anita Blake and Buffy Summers, Huston's world is scary as hell. And about as much fun.
It feels more like the Mafia or gang wars than the supernatural dreck that's out there these days. It's all a...more
I didn't love Joe Pitt in Already Dead.
And I don't love him in any of the next three, exactly. But I do love Charlie Huston and the world he's created.
And as much as I do love Anita Blake and Buffy Summers, Huston's world is scary as hell. And about as much fun.
It feels more like the Mafia or gang wars than the supernatural dreck that's out there these days. It's all a...more
"Huston's stylish sophomore outing for hard-boiled vampire detective Joe Pitt maintains the high quality of its predecessor, Already Dead....the doomed love story at the heart of Huston's action-filled epic is what truly makes this a noir novel, and the undead microcosm of society he creates is both surprisingly relevant and entertaining." - Publishers Weekly
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If you have not read the first book (Already Dead) I'm pretty sure you won't fully understand this book.
This book takes place one year after the first one ends. Joe Pitt finds himself low on cash and blood. Joe isn't just a rogue anymore, he's on the outside without anyone throwing him odd jobs. Forced to go in search of work, Joe gets a job that will cause him to cross enemy turf and go above 110th.
Much is reveled about the clan origins in NY. You see more inner workings...more
This book takes place one year after the first one ends. Joe Pitt finds himself low on cash and blood. Joe isn't just a rogue anymore, he's on the outside without anyone throwing him odd jobs. Forced to go in search of work, Joe gets a job that will cause him to cross enemy turf and go above 110th.
Much is reveled about the clan origins in NY. You see more inner workings...more
The Joe Pitt Series is as the antidote to the twilight series. this is vampires done right. yes, it is a little bit of a rip-off because "Vampire- The Masquerade" had a lot of the same ideas as the setting of a pen&paper role playing game but this doesn`t matter because houston is able to create convincing characters and really good settings (a vampire barbershop, you have to love it.) a plot twisting its way through new yorks vampire infested neighbourhoods and some of the funniest di...more
More of the same as the first book, except the plot seems more contrived and less organic. Still a fun adventure with lots of ass-kicking (both by and directed at the protagonist). No real added depth to the characters, no real progression of the overall story arch that I could suss out. Less satisfying than the first one, mostly just because I feel like I've seen it all before. Needs more meat on the bone.
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