In Blood Oath, White House staffer and political superstar Zach Burrows is suddenly assigned to be the partner and liaison to Nathanial Cade, a 140 year old vampire bound to serve the President of the United States. In their first mission together, Zach and Cade find a shipping container of body parts, determine that a near unstoppable supernatural threat is about to be unleashed upon the country, and they race to prevent it from occurring and find out who is behind it.
Blood Oath combines action, suspense, mystery, and horror to create a paranormal/occult thriller. It is the first book in a series, and has the feel of an introductory book, with exposition giving the reader background on how Cade came into the President’s service and introducing other, presumably recurring, characters. Despite this, I was hooked. Blood Oath is not a character-driven book- both Zach and Cade are fairly stereotypical- but Farnsworth keeps a gripping plot moving along. The story is a page turner from the very beginning, and future stories promise more of the same. Horror and paranormal genre readers will find familiar story elements in Blood Oath, but although it is a tale with familiar tropes, it is told very well and worth picking up. Blood Oath also has the potential to reach beyond paranormal and horror genre readers, and may appeal to thriller readers as well. Highly recommended
Contain: Violence, gore