false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165609939m/7263.jpg 7263 6 From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Huston's stylish sophomore outing for hard-boiled vampire detective Joe Pitt maintains the high quality of its predecessor, Already Dead (2005). When a fellow bloodsucker who seems revved up on drugs picks a bar fight with Pitt, the detective discovers that a new drug has hit the street, one strong enough to cut through the vampire virus and make its users do unpredictable things, things that could bring unwelcome exposure to New York's vampire community. Word has it that the drug, "anathema," comes from suppliers in Harlem. The leader of the Society Clan of vampires hires Pitt to investigate uptown, but the all-black vampire clan called the Hood, run by one DJ Grave Digga, has other plans in mind for the rogue detective. Meanwhile, Pitt's HIV-positive girlfriend Evie, who's struggling with a new round of medication, is beginning to lose patience with Pitt's secrecy and disappearances. Indeed, 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. (Dec.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist The second Joe Pitt casebook finds Greenwich Village's favorite undead shamus caught in a nasty power struggle between competing vampire clans. Down to his last few bags of blood and behind on rent, Joe asks his old boss at the Society for work. The dirty job: finding the source of a powerful drug that's freaking out the newly infected. Unfortunately, that entails crossing the mid-Manhattan turf of the feared Coalition into the equally fearsome territory of Harlem's the Hood. Worse, Joe might be some powerful player's idea of a sacrificial pawn. One thing about vampires: they have plenty of time on their bloodstained hands to engage in complex, violent feuds. And one thing about vampire novels: they're usually bursting with metaphorical content. Here, Huston goes beyond the usual HIV comparisons to essay an extremist-fueled standoff that smartly echoes the Israeli-Palestinian conflict over the occupied territories. So, in addition to his usual sharp writing and entertaining characters (like an ironic vampire stud who parties the nights away in a Count Chocula T-shirt), he delivers a timely tale as well. Frank Sennett Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved 10393 26 12 2006 No Dominion (Joe Pitt Casebooks #2) total:500|5:146|4:247|3:94|2:12|1:1| 500 2025 659 62 4 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 08:08:46 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 08:12:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Aug 25 17:44:59 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 17:45:41 -0700 2008
Joe Pitt is the classic pulp fiction tough guy. Part private investigator, part leg breaker, all renegade. Joe Pitt is also a "vampyre".

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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 h...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Feb 11 13:33:02 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 26 19:30:16 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 14:06:10 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 11:18:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 00:45:40 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 22:22:16 -0800 2008 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.

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This is not junk reading.

The series is very dark - it would be accurate to describe it as noir. And, its very well written. Think Das...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7263