Undead (Caine)

A "fresh, intense, erotic, funny, and scary" novel of vampiric horror from the New York Times bestselling author of the Stillhouse Lake novels (P. N. Elrod, author of Drawing Dead and Other Stories). After eight years of marriage, surgeon Mike Bowman and his police officer wife have snuck time into their busy schedules to celebrate their anniversary. But work is never far from Mike's mind, which is why he finds himself in the morgue in the middle of night instead of in his wife's arms . . . Trying to come to terms with two young murder victims he wasn't able to save, Mike unburdens himself to his friend and morgue attendant Adam Radburn. Good ol' Adam, whose eyes seem bizarrely dark tonight and whose reflection in the cold storage drawers . . . doesn't exist. When Adam reveals his true self to Mike-and saves him from the clutches of death-Mike goes from a man trained to save lives to one who must take them to survive. And though Mike is now immune to mortal dangers, there are new threats to contend with and worse creatures who walk the Earth. One has been tracking Adam for centuries. To satisfy his bloodlust, he's willing to destroy everyone Adam holds dear-including his new offspring.

The New York Times-bestselling author of “The Undead” continues the nail-biting story of a reluctant vampire fighting to save what's left of his humanity. Once a surgeon, Michael Bowman is now working the night shift at a convenience store in Dallas, a job with perfect hours for a vampire. After being turned by his friend Adam four months ago, he has struggled with his hunger, sometimes killing to satisfy his endless needs. His already thin bond with his wife, a homicide detective, is starting to fray. And Adam-enslaved by his evil, bloodsucking master-has become nothing more than a vicious pet. At his wit's end, Mike is approached by the Society, a group of "civilized" vampires, who promise him a life without killing, and help in saving Adam and himself from the monster bent on destroying his own bloodline. But it soon becomes clear to Mike that the Society is not what it seems. And what promises to be a refuge is in fact a cage that is closing in around him...