BLURBS/REVIEWS
"An entertaining new approach to vampirism."
Ed Gorman - Author of The Sam McCain Series
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Hold onto your hats for this paranormal adventure. Vampires, shape shifting, spiritual fog, a soul caught in Limbo and a Wendigo; what more could the avid paranormal fan want? How about hobos? Yeah, I mean the rail-riding kind. But, what if those hobos were more than mere mortals? What if a gang of them worshipped a deity that lived in monster form and survived on human hearts?
Enter detective Maxx Shadow, a man who narrowly escaped his encounter with the monster. Twenty-five years after that attack, he's hired to reclaim a necklace and find justice for a lost soul. The moment he sees the picture of the necklace, the face of the man wearing it jars a memory loose from the spiritual fog that has prevented Maxx from remembering all the details around how he became scarred. The closer the hobo with the necklace and the monster come to Maxx's Chicago, the more he remembers and the more he realizes he can't take them down alone. Fortunately, he has a new employee who happens to be a vampire.
A detective with a vampire sidekick and the motto “HAVE VAMPIRE, WILL TRAVEL” is exactly what's needed to take down the paranormal monster. Does my crystal ball see a series in the making?
Barbara Raffin - author of The Visitor and Time Out of Mind.
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HAVE VAMPIRE, WILL TRAVEL is a book any horror fan will devour in one gulp! If you like Bentley Little, you’ll LOVE Scot Savage.
C.C. Harrison - award winning author of Picture of Lies and The
Charmstone.
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Two new detectives on the block
April 29, 2013
By Dennis AMAZON REVIEW!
Though this book may cross a couple different genres (Detective - Super-natural - Action) it manages to satisfy each. The new authors Scot Savage and Eric Bieche hit the market running with this book. Maxx (with two x's) Shadow runs a small, successful, PI office in the Chicago suburbs, specializing not so much in detecting as in serving summons and other mundane paper endeavors. Roger Sparks, his junior assistant is an expert at summons delivery. Maxx takes on a case that delves into a past that he has tried to (and successfully so) forget. The case takes on some pretty significant super-natural aspects that, on his own, Maxx might not be capable of handling. He has his assistant to help as the two go where no human dares to go alone. That's okay. Did I mention that Roger is a Vampire? Don't worry, not an evil vampire, but one you learn to like. The team reminds me a little of Elvis Cole and Joe Pike in the Robert Crais series of books. Get on the bandwagon and start following these two right from the start on what should surely be a continuing series.
Ed Gorman - Author of The Sam McCain Series
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Hold onto your hats for this paranormal adventure. Vampires, shape shifting, spiritual fog, a soul caught in Limbo and a Wendigo; what more could the avid paranormal fan want? How about hobos? Yeah, I mean the rail-riding kind. But, what if those hobos were more than mere mortals? What if a gang of them worshipped a deity that lived in monster form and survived on human hearts?
Enter detective Maxx Shadow, a man who narrowly escaped his encounter with the monster. Twenty-five years after that attack, he's hired to reclaim a necklace and find justice for a lost soul. The moment he sees the picture of the necklace, the face of the man wearing it jars a memory loose from the spiritual fog that has prevented Maxx from remembering all the details around how he became scarred. The closer the hobo with the necklace and the monster come to Maxx's Chicago, the more he remembers and the more he realizes he can't take them down alone. Fortunately, he has a new employee who happens to be a vampire.
A detective with a vampire sidekick and the motto “HAVE VAMPIRE, WILL TRAVEL” is exactly what's needed to take down the paranormal monster. Does my crystal ball see a series in the making?
Barbara Raffin - author of The Visitor and Time Out of Mind.
***
HAVE VAMPIRE, WILL TRAVEL is a book any horror fan will devour in one gulp! If you like Bentley Little, you’ll LOVE Scot Savage.
C.C. Harrison - award winning author of Picture of Lies and The
Charmstone.
***
Two new detectives on the block
April 29, 2013
By Dennis AMAZON REVIEW!
Though this book may cross a couple different genres (Detective - Super-natural - Action) it manages to satisfy each. The new authors Scot Savage and Eric Bieche hit the market running with this book. Maxx (with two x's) Shadow runs a small, successful, PI office in the Chicago suburbs, specializing not so much in detecting as in serving summons and other mundane paper endeavors. Roger Sparks, his junior assistant is an expert at summons delivery. Maxx takes on a case that delves into a past that he has tried to (and successfully so) forget. The case takes on some pretty significant super-natural aspects that, on his own, Maxx might not be capable of handling. He has his assistant to help as the two go where no human dares to go alone. That's okay. Did I mention that Roger is a Vampire? Don't worry, not an evil vampire, but one you learn to like. The team reminds me a little of Elvis Cole and Joe Pike in the Robert Crais series of books. Get on the bandwagon and start following these two right from the start on what should surely be a continuing series.
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Finished reading the book after not wanting to put it down!! I absolutely enjoyed every minute of it. Very well written &
entertaining! I sure hope there will be a whole series!! I loved knowing the places & streets, etc. referred to throughout! Thanks so much for writing a great book Eric & Scot!
Dawn Costantino Leonetti
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I just finished reading Eric and Scot's and your new book. I have to tell you I just LOVED it. It's such a fun and easy read. My favorite parts of the book is when Slouch asked Martin to tell a joke or should I say told Martin " Lets have a joke," and Martin told them about something he heard at a frat party about this boy named Johnny at the breakfast table where he's little bother was also at and his father comes in to ask what they would like for breakfast then Johnny say's, "Give me some f**king pancakes," then the father spanks him and sends him to his room then asks the little brother what he wants to eat and the little boy say's "I don't want any f**king pancakes. "
When my grandson, Max, asked me if I got to that part of the book yet and then came out to read that part to me, he cracked up laughing it was priceless. The other one of my favorite parts was of course the battle with Roger and Ruby.
I do have a question though: will there be a second book out and if so when? I'll be sure to buy it. Thank you for the autographed copy that was really nice of you, Eric.
Barbara Hartman
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Have Vampire, Will Travel by Scot Savage and Eric Bieche is a breath of fresh air in the current trend of supernatural love stories, returning vampires to the horror genre with a private eye twist.
The novel follows detective Maxx Shadow and his partner, vampire Roger Sparks, as they track down a monster that travels the railroads of North America and preys on hobos. I appreciate that Savage and Bieche chose to make the antagonist of this novel a less familiar supernatural, which is spawned from a Native American curse. The writers have given their story further uniqueness by setting it on railroad, and the rules for surviving both the conditions and company of train hopping that Shadow learns during his investigation – not to mention the bibliography included at the end – demonstrates that they took considerable care researching hobo life.
One thing about the novel that distracted me was the number of pop culture references; though the clever twists on familiar phrases added levity to some situations, the remarks sometimes felt like the one-liners of an overly self-aware action movie. However, this one issue is of little consequence considering the tight plot, inventive characters, and unique setting of Have Vampire, Will Travel.
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Finished reading the book after not wanting to put it down!! I absolutely enjoyed every minute of it. Very well written &
entertaining! I sure hope there will be a whole series!! I loved knowing the places & streets, etc. referred to throughout! Thanks so much for writing a great book Eric & Scot!
Dawn Costantino Leonetti
***
I just finished reading Eric and Scot's and your new book. I have to tell you I just LOVED it. It's such a fun and easy read. My favorite parts of the book is when Slouch asked Martin to tell a joke or should I say told Martin " Lets have a joke," and Martin told them about something he heard at a frat party about this boy named Johnny at the breakfast table where he's little bother was also at and his father comes in to ask what they would like for breakfast then Johnny say's, "Give me some f**king pancakes," then the father spanks him and sends him to his room then asks the little brother what he wants to eat and the little boy say's "I don't want any f**king pancakes. "
When my grandson, Max, asked me if I got to that part of the book yet and then came out to read that part to me, he cracked up laughing it was priceless. The other one of my favorite parts was of course the battle with Roger and Ruby.
I do have a question though: will there be a second book out and if so when? I'll be sure to buy it. Thank you for the autographed copy that was really nice of you, Eric.
Barbara Hartman
***
Have Vampire, Will Travel by Scot Savage and Eric Bieche is a breath of fresh air in the current trend of supernatural love stories, returning vampires to the horror genre with a private eye twist.
The novel follows detective Maxx Shadow and his partner, vampire Roger Sparks, as they track down a monster that travels the railroads of North America and preys on hobos. I appreciate that Savage and Bieche chose to make the antagonist of this novel a less familiar supernatural, which is spawned from a Native American curse. The writers have given their story further uniqueness by setting it on railroad, and the rules for surviving both the conditions and company of train hopping that Shadow learns during his investigation – not to mention the bibliography included at the end – demonstrates that they took considerable care researching hobo life.
One thing about the novel that distracted me was the number of pop culture references; though the clever twists on familiar phrases added levity to some situations, the remarks sometimes felt like the one-liners of an overly self-aware action movie. However, this one issue is of little consequence considering the tight plot, inventive characters, and unique setting of Have Vampire, Will Travel.
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