If you like vampire stories but pure fantasy does not quite do it for you, the series this book kicks off is juste for you.

The monsters are scary, venial, with rapacious appetites – and no, they are not the ones you hear about on the news. They are much worse.

They decimate populations, hobble civilizations, and arise from the pasts they were put down in – given half a chance by one of the living decades or centuries after their deaths.

Crossing their path comes Harry Keogh, the Necroscope.

Harry talks to the dead. Or rather they talk to him… and he talks back. He is the only one who can. They love him for it. But that does not mean he has an easy – or boring – life.

This is a really great novel and so are the ones that follow it in the series.

Great mix of vampires, spies, interacting with the dead. I look forward to reading more in this series!

Rating 3*/5