Reviews

"An action-packed, blood-soaked ripsnorter of a monster-hunter series, SKINNERS will appease any bloodsucker fan's appetite.　 Pelegrimas weaves a seductive and eerie atmosphere of the occult in SKINNERS that you'll want to indulge in again and again." --Tom Piccirilli, author of THE MIDNIGHT ROAD

Blood Blade: Skinners, Book 1 from Publishers Weekly:

Seattle video game designer Cole Warnecki takes an extreme vacation in British Columbia and ends up hunting supernatural monsters in this campy, action-packed paranormal debut. After Cole survives an encounter with a nasty werewolflike Full Blood, he lands a job with the Midwestern Ectological Group, whose Skinners act as cops for the local supernatural population. They bring him to Chicago and pair him up with experienced Skinner Paige Strobel, who gives him sound advice like “Don't gawk at a woman's ass when she's carrying a shotgun.” Paige drags Cole into the front lines of MEG's war on insane vampire Misonyk, who infects people with vampiric spores and encourages them to drain victims dry, stealing their souls. Plenty of cinematic gore and wisecracks will keep readers coming back for future installments.

"Newcomer Marcus Pelegrimas hits one out of the park with his first gritty urban fantasy novel, BLOOD BLADE, the lead-off to a new series called Skinners. 　The heroes are tough, the villains are very nasty, and the action is nonstop.　 Fans of Jim Butcher and Laurell K. Hamilton will definitely want a bite of this!" --Jonathan Maberry, multiple Bram Stoker Award winning author of ZOMBIE CSU and PATIENT ZERO
　

"Blood Blade peels you right down to the nerve.　 A must-read for vampire hunter fans." --E.E. Knight, author of The Vampire Earth series


"Marcus Pelegrimas has done the impossible. Come up with a fresh and exciting twist on vampire lore. Blood Blade is packed with menace, mood and memorable characters. I really enjoyed it!." --Ed Gorman

"With a scalpel-sharp eye for detail, Pelegrimas slices open an entirely new kind of street-smart vampire—an exciting first book in a vampire trilogy by a talented storyteller." --Michael Largo, winner of the Bram Stoker Award

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