Hitting stores today (August 7) is Blood and Silver by James R. Tuck, the second book in the Deacon Chalk Occult Bounty Hunter series, and it’s sure to please the werewolf lovin’ guys here. According to the many reviews on this series, it’s definitely a testosterone driven novel for the folks looking for a badass urban fantasy. Most urban fantasies are geared more towards women, but not this one. That’s for sure. Check out the book details below!
Blood and Silver description:
“He hasn’t met a monster yet that could give him a scare. With ice in his veins, silver hollow-points in his chambers, and an innate ability to rise from the dead, what’s to fear? The answer may be something he doesn’t want to face.
Deacon Chalk normally has no trouble telling innocent victims from real monsters. So protecting an abused pregnant were-dog is a no-brainer…until a vicious lycanthrope leader and his brotherhood target Deacon, other shape-shifters, and any humans in their way.
Suddenly, Deacon is outnumbered, outgunned, and unsure who – or what – to trust. The only edge he has left is a weapon hungry for his soul and his most savage impulses. And using it will exact a price even this hell-raising hunter fears to pay…”
If you’re new to the series make sure to check out the first book Blood and Bullets. Check out the description:
“He lives to kill monsters. He keeps his city safe. And his silver hollow-points and back-from-the-dead abilities help him take out any kind of supernatural threat. But now an immortal evil has this bad-ass bounty hunter dead in its sights. . .
Ever since a monster murdered his family, Deacon Chalk hunts any creature that preys on the innocent. So when a pretty vampire girl “hires” him to eliminate a fellow slayer, Deacon goes to warn him–and barely escapes a vampire ambush. Now he’s got a way-inexperienced newbie hunter to protect and everything from bloodsuckers to cursed immortals on his trail. There’s also a malevolent force controlling the living and the undead, hellbent on turning Deacon’s greatest loss into the one weapon that could destroy him. . .”
For more info check out Tuck’s official website.
Have any of you read the first book in the Deacon Chalk Occult Bounty Hunter series? What did you think? If you haven’t, do you plan on it now?
– Moonlight
About the Author
Moonlight (aka Amanda) loves to write about, read about and learn about everything pertaining to werewolves and other supernatural beasties. She writes for top genre sites like Vampires.com and Werewolves.com. You will most likely find her huddled over a book of folklore with coffee in hand. Touch her coffee and you may lose a limb. You can stalk her via her Twitter.
This book has less to do with werewolves, and more to do with a local lycanthrope community in general. Wolves aren’t the only fish in the pool, Nick. There’s even a were-rabbbit in this one. Only one negative: Tuck’s refusal to use the contraction “I’m”. Dialogue, internal and interpersonal, feels clunky and stilted when characters use “I am” all the time instead of the more natural contraction. Aside from that, great book.