The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant (Fred, the Vampire Accountant, #1)

by Drew Hayes

“It’s actually not that far off from what happened with the Native American treaties, as far as cultural preservation goes, though dracolings had much better leverage and representation.” “What was their leverage?” I asked. “Same as their representation. They called in a great grandparent to negotiate for them. Those negotiators agreed to help the country’s war efforts in exchange for certain privileges. The result was that the dracolings got special areas with limited government interference and the right to keep their customs and traditions alive without sanction,” Krystal said. “Help with the war? This must have been a long time ago, was it World War One?” “Las Vegas existed way before that, dear,” Krystal said. “It’s actually been around for centuries, though it didn’t go the way of glitz and glamor until the last fifty years or so, when that became the best money-making campaign.” “For centuries . . . was it the civil war, then?” I tried again. “Still too late. Parahumans were actually forced to align with the North during the Civil War, since their treaties and contracts were with the United States of America, and that’s the title that the North retained. It’s one of the reasons Lincoln knew he could win if the South seceded.” “Huh . . .” I sighed. “The things they leave out of the history books.”