BLOOD OATH by Christopher Farnsworth is a political thriller featuring a vampire who serves the President of the United States, and comes out May 18, 2010 from Putnam.
Farnsworth got the idea for BLOOD OATH after reading an obscure fact about President Andrew Johnson pardoning an accused bloodsucker in 1867. He imagined a very special secret agent: a vampire named Nathaniel Cade, who was bound 140 years ago to serve the President by a blood oath. And to protect the United States, Cade battles enemies far more bizarre—and more dangerous—than civilians have ever imagined.
In BLOOD OATH, Cade is paired with a new liaison to the Oval Office, a cocky young political operator named Zach Barrows. While Zach struggles to understand Cade’s existence, and how to navigate a partnership with a blood-sucking immortal, he and Cade uncover a grisly plot to use the corpses of American soldiers as undead biological weapons. To stop it, they must vanquish both its m
astermind, an immortal scientist who inspired the story of Frankenstein, and the sinister secret government agency that protects him. But Cade and Zach are about to find out that they have an even more serious opponent, a traitor who has access to the highest levels of power – the White House itself.
Forget the War on Terror. This is the War on Horror, and it’s only just begun.
Advance press on BLOOD OATH:
WASHINGTON POST: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/13/AR2010041303904.html
USA TODAY: http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2009-12-17-buzz17_ST_N.htm
“Hero Complex†/LATIMES.COM: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/12/blood-oath-james-bond-with-fangs.html
“Blood Oath is exactly how I like my Presidential thrillers. With vampires.â€
— Brad Meltzer
“This action-filled debut by scriptwriter Farnsworth reads like a cross between P.N. Elrod’s historical vampire adventures and Thomas Greanias’s conspiracy thrillers.â€
— Publishers Weekly
“Promises a hero that can out-Bauer Jack Bauer, and Nathaniel Cade does just that with his preternatural talents.”
— Library Journal
