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16"Night Hunters" is a series of seven supernatural novels set in present day New York. The first two books of the series are posted and free to read on Website/FictionPress. The third book is currently in the process of being posted.
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18The author confirms that all seven books are already done, all that is stopping him from actually uploading them is the fact that he is searching for some good cover images. The book names are as follow:
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20#''[[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/3038718/1/Catacombs_of_New_York Catacombs of New York]]''
21#''[[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/3038953/1/Colony_of_the_Wolves Colony of the Wolves]]''
22#''[[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/3051123/1/A-Grimm-Favor A Grimm Favor]]''
23#The Land of Grace
24#Pompeii's Revenge
25#The City of the Seven
26#The Last Breath of a Dragon
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28The first book follows the adventure of a vampire living in New York under the name of Reus Lamius. One day his life get's spun around, by a knock on his door and is dragged into a race against time to save New York and by extension the continent along with a police trainie named Deirdre Rees. As they fight to stop an apocalyptic event however, something far bigger and older is waiting in the sidelines for them in the future.
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30The second book picks up about a year after the end of the first, with the mysteries deepening and Reus Lamius is forced to go to one of the most surrounded by myth and speculation places in America: Roanoke Island! And if the impending werewolf threat isn't enough for him and his companions, he might be forced to deal with whatever is responsible for the original Lost Colony!
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32The books are written in a First Person viewpoint much like ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' and has the same LighterAndSofter to DarkerandEdgier mood swings. The story touches on a lot of cliches, but unlike a great part of Vampire literature these days, the only vampire with actual feelings is the titular character and even then there is a plot related reason for it, according to the author.
33I managed to talk to him via e-mail and he even hinted a sequel series of 13 books!
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35!! This series provides examples of:
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37%%* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: It is New York after all.
38* TheAllegedCar: Rebuilt by the end of the first book.
39* AnimateInanimateObject: A Snake statue, a giant metallic grizzly and a wooden bat(As is vampire bat!)
40* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: In the end of the first book as well as in the second.
41* Blackmail: On several occasions
42* CantHoldHisLiquor: Despite having Irish blood in her veins, Deirdre can't even drink an excess of wine!
43* CoolOldGuy:
44** Deirdre's grandfather is quite cool with the idea of her granddaughter having a vampire as a friend
45** The titular character himself, can be considered this since he's [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld really 8523 (give or take a decade) years old]]
46%%* {{Curse}}: Several, most notably the fact that Vampires are cursed.
47* CuteBruiser: Deirdre has shades of this, being 5' nothing and weighing probably a grand total of 100 pounds.
48* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Deirdre's ex-boyfriend died from magical exsanguination off-screen.
49%%* DeadpanSnarker: Every character has shades of this.
50%%* DeathByOriginStory: Deirdre's parents, and presumably her grandmother
51%%* FieryRedhead: Deirdre has some serious potential for that.
52* GreenEyedRedhead: Dierdre is described as having emerald green eyes and fiery red hair.
53* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Reus is about 6'5", while Deirdre barely hits 5'.
54%%* HumansAreBastards: The titular character seems to think this from time to time. Most prominent example: Martha Hall.
55%%* LadyInRed: Deirdre wearing a red mini-dress.
56%%* MyParentsAreDead: Deirdre's parents
57* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Immortal, unless killed in battle or prolonged sun exposure build up immunity to sunlight over the millennia and can turn into 8 feet tall, ash armored killing machines with split jaws.
58* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Bigger, strong and faster than vampires, immortal and stay in beast form all the time with no human reasoning whatsoever. Also hunt bad people, but with no temperance.
59* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Slow-moving parasitically feeding corpses.
60%%* ProphecyTwist: Several so far.
61* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The titular characters and all other vampires by extension.
62* RescueRomance: Deirdre seemed to fall into that in the first book. Seemed to have outgrown in after several months
63* TastesLikeChicken: Blood apparently tastes like chocolate
64* UnderwaterKiss: Of the breathing variety for Reus. For Deirdre ''[[RescueRomance ...]]''
65* ZombieApocalypse: The goal of an insane shaman spirit in the first book.

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