BLOOD DRUNK introduces a new kind of vampire hunter in former South London gangster Freddie Burns, and joins him on a pub crawl through a gritty, magical underworld that's both beguiling and deadly. Freddie Burns just wants ten pints, a spot of football violence, and to take over his uncle's fading South London crime business. But when a gangland execution goes wrong, Freddie discovers a new kind of organized crime-one where vampires are spine-breakingly real and monsters hide just out of sight. Good thing Freddie has a supernatural gift for giving vampires a kicking-them and anyone else that looks at him funny. Dragged into a world of shadowy organizations, secret sorcerous pacts, gruesome vampire initiations, and a plot to rule it all, Freddie realizes it's up to him to save the world – or at least not wreck it entirely. He just needs a drink and a smoke first. Ben Shepherd was born and brought up in South London. He had a 20-year career as a diplomat, editor and policy analyst, specializing in conflict and politics in Central Africa, while secretly (and slowly) writing a book about magic, vampires and organized crime. He now writes for a living, and spends his free time running and cycling around London's forgotten corners, thinking up stories. He still lives in South London with his wife and daughter.
