I don't usually read in this genre, but Farnsworth has hooked me in with his ingenious premise and rich, fast-paced storytelling. In this installment, vampire Nathaniel Cade and his human handler, Zach Barrows, chase a legendary supernatural creature bent on overthrow of the presidential election, and in the hunt to discover the monster's origins and motives uncover a complex conspiracy involving the highest reaches of government.

While the book succeeds with intricate plotting and scenes of terrifying intensity, what I love most about this series is its attention to detail. The author creates a believable world around his unbelievable creatures, deftly mixing fact and fiction with historical tidbits and supposed snippets from newspapers and classified documents, and his army of election groupies--journalists, bloggers, handlers--is bang up-to-date. With each release in the series, new layers are added to the relationship between Cade and Barrows, and the psychology of an inhuman being struggling with the very human problem of how to lead a moral life. Read in one sitting.