The Nymphos of Rocky Flats by Mario Acevedo

Acevedo doesn't add anything new to the modern vampire tale, but he has a lot of fun sounding its bells and whistles. Not everything adds up by the book's dizzying finale, but most readers will be too charmed by the crisp style to notice the loose ends. As though this weren't enough, Felix refuses to drink human blood, an ethical stand that attenuates his uncanny powers and results in intriguing plot complications. /rebates/2f97800608332682fNymphos-Rocky-Flats-Acevedo-Mario-00608332622fplp&. When a friend in the Department of Energy asks him to look into an outbreak of nymphomania among female guards at a plutonium processing plant in Colorado, things get really weird: hypnotized personnel talk cryptically about Roswell and something called Project Redlight, trained assassins start decimating the local vampire community and an amorous dryad shows up to assist in the detective work. His debut novel, The Nymphos of Rocky Flats, was chosen by Barnes & Noble as one of the best Paranormal Fantasy Novels of the Decade and was a finalist for a Colorado Book Award. Read The Nymphos of Rocky Flats, by Mario Acevedo online on Bookmate The first and only vampire book to be declassified by the federal government. (after 2006s The Nymphos of Rocky Flats), whos approached by porn actress Katz Meow to investigate the murder of her colleague. Skewering sexual myths, conspiracy fables, and government bureaucracy, The Nymphos of Rocky Flats reveals the bizarre world of the undead with a humorous slant. Mario Acevedo is the author of the bestselling Felix Gomez detective-vampire series, which includes Rescue From Planet Pleasure from WordFire Press. PI Felix Gomez, an ex-soldier who became a vampire while serving in Iraq, uses his supernatural powers to solve mysteries that befuddle mere mortals. Rayo, 13.95 (370pp) ISBN 978-0-06-083327-5.

This debut novel succeeds largely because Acevedo gleefully acknowledges that it takes a lot to make a vampire story interesting anymore.

The Nymphos of Rocky Flats by Mario Acevedo