The Kensei

"Lawson is more like Jason Bourne than Dracula, making this a vampire mystery with broad appeal." --"Booklist""" "If James Bond, True Blood and Kill Bill created a mutant hybrid of a book, it would be "The Kensei". A bullet train slice 'em, dice 'em mixture of action, suspense, and vampire ninjas. Did I mention vampire ninjas?"--Jason Pinter, bestselling author of "The Fury "and" The Darkness"""The Kensei" is an action novel with real bite. Vampires, Yakuza killers, crooks and animal-monster hyrbids. Jon F. Merz brings his A-game and then ratchets it up to a whole new level of supernatural action. Highly recommended!" --Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of "The Dragon Factory" and "Patient Zero""In "The Kensei", Jon F. Merz seamlessly welds gritty detail with myth and legend to create a thrill ride into the shadow-world lurking beneath modern Japan. Lawson's fight against evil has bone-crunching authenticity. Plus, it has vampires, ninjas, and vampire ninjas. What more could anyone ask?"--Christopher Farnsworth, author or "Blood Oath"""..."a powerful...novel by a man who knows the turf already." -- Robert B. Parker, author of "Split Image" and "The Professional""Jon F. Merz's novels move at a break-neck pace, twisting through a landscape of thrills and terror." -- Douglas Clegg, author of" The Infinite" and" The Priest of Blood"."..a fine stalking session in vampire-noir land...a series and talented writer I'll be sticking with all the way." -- Mort Castle, author of "The Strangers" and "On Writing Horror"