Blood Drunk

Join a new kind of vampire hunter-former gangster Freddie Burns-as he fights for his place, for his family, and for the hell of it in London's gritty magical underworld. Mostly for the hell of it, to be honest. Freddie Burns just wants ten pints, a spot of football violence, and to take over his uncle's fading South London crime business. But when a gangland execution goes wrong, Freddie discovers a new kind of organized crime-one where vampires are spine-breakingly real and monsters hide just out of sight. Good thing Freddie has a supernatural gift for giving vampires a kicking-them and anyone else that looks at him funny. Dragged into a world of shadowy organizations, secret sorcerous pacts, gruesome vampire initiations, and a plot to rule it all, Freddie realizes it's up to him to save the world -or at least not wreck it entirely. He just needs a drink first.

Ben Shepherd was born and brought up in South London. He had a 20-year career as a diplomat, editor and policy analyst, specializing in conflict and politics in Central Africa, while secretly (and slowly) writing a book about magic, vampires and organized crime. He now writes for a living, and spends his free time running and cycling around London's forgotten corners, thinking up stories. He still lives in South London with his wife and daughter.