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Now with "Seal of EBook Excellence!" - Proofed, Properly Formatted & a Great Price: Just $3.99! A horrifying serial killer is loose on the streets of Boston and Lawson must track him down. But this killer has a past...and a terrifying agenda. And it's one that will shock even the most jaded Fixer around. DETAILED DESCRIPTION: Meet Lawson: vampire by birth, Fixer by trade. His mission: preserve the secret existence of vampires by any means necessary. LAWSON. A cynical, wise-cracking vampire charged with protecting the Balance - the secret existence of a race of LIVING vampires that have evolved alongside humanity for thousands of years. A FIXER. Part-spy, and part-commando—James Bond with fangs. Lawson mixes shrewd cunning with unmatched lethality to get his job done. He tries his best to dismantle conspiracies, dispatch bad guys, and live long enough to get home. ARTHUR. The grizzled retired Fixer has seen his share of danger, and he's also got his share of skeletons in his closet. Now, one of them is coming back. THE RIPPER. A horrifying serial killer that is targeting young vampire women and leaving their eviscerated bodies on the streets of Boston. MARTY. She wants nothing more than to become a Fixer, like Lawson. But will her desire end up killing her? NILES. Lawson's Control is in love, but can he finally enjoy a relationship that lasts, or will this one lead to more heartbreak? XIANG. A top Chinese assassin in Boston and on Lawson's tail. But what's he really in town to accomplish? N'YAK TUL An ancient race of subterranean dwellers too frightening to ever see the light of day again...hopefully. This brand new Lawson novel runs approximately 82,000 words. The author's website is http://www.jonfmerz.net Praise for Jon F. Merz: "Lawson is more like Jason Bourne than Dracula, making this a vampire mystery with broad appeal." —Booklist "A powerful novel by a man who knows the turf already." -NYT Bestselling author Robert. B. Parker "Jon F. Merz's novels move at a break-neck pace, twisting through a landscape of thrills and terror." — Douglas Clegg, author of The Infinite and The Priest of Blood "...a fine stalking session in vampire-noir land...a series and talented writer I'll be sticking with all the way." — Mort Castle, author of The Strangers and On Writing Horror Praise for Jon F. Merz's THE KENSEI (A Lawson vampire Novel #5): "If James Bond, True Blood and Kill Bill created a mutant hybrid of a book, it would be The Kensei. A bullet train slice 'em, dice 'em mixture of action, suspense, and vampire ninjas. Did I mention vampire ninjas?"—Jason Pinter, bestselling author of The Fury and The Darkness "The Kensei is an action novel with real bite. Vampires, Yakuza killers, crooks and animal-monster hyrbids. Jon F. Merz brings his A-game and then ratchets it up to a whole new level of supernatural action. Highly recommended!" —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of The Dragon Factory and Patient Zero "In The Kensei, Jon F. Merz seamlessly welds gritty detail with myth and legend to create a thrill ride into the shadow-world lurking beneath modern Japan. Lawson's fight against evil has bone-crunching authenticity. Plus, it has vampires, ninjas, and vampire ninjas.
Author

As a writer, Jon has published over 40 novels with major publishers like Kensington's Pinnacle Books, St. Martin's Press, and many more. He is also the author of eleven installments in the internationally bestselling adventure series Rogue Angel (2006-present) with Harlequin's Gold Eagle line. His short fiction story "Prisoner 392" (appeared alongside Stephen King in FROM THE BORDERLANDS, 2004, Warner Books) earned him an Honorable Mention in 2004's Year's Best Fantasy & Horror edited by Ellen Datlow. Jon has also co-authored two non-fiction books: LEARNING LATER, LIVING GREATER with Nancy Merz Nordstrom (2006, Sentient Publications) and THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO ULTIMATE FIGHTING with Rich "Ace" Franklin (2007, Alpha Books/Penguin/Putnam). Jon is perhaps most famous for his Lawson Vampire series of supernatural action novels starring the Fixer Lawson, a jaded anti-hero charged with protecting a race of living vampires from exposure. There are currently six novels (The Fixer, The Invoker, The Destructor, The Syndicate, The Kensei, The Enchanter) two novellas (Slave to Love, The Courier) and five short stories (The Price of a Good Drink, Interlude, Red Tide, Rudolf the Red Nosed Rogue, Enemy Mine) in the series with many more adventures yet to come. Jon's latest novel is the new Shadow Warrior series debuting in September from Baen Books. Book 1, UNDEAD HORDES OF KAN-GUL is due out September 3rd in stores everywhere. Jon also publishes his backlist independently. You can find his ebooks on Amazon: http://bit.ly/jonfmerz Barnes & Noble's Nook store: http://bit.ly/bnjonfmerz and on Kobo: http://bit.ly/kjonfmerz As a producer, Jon has formed New Ronin Entertainment with longtime friend Jaime Hassett to create television and feature film projects in the New England area. Their first project is THE FIXER, a new supernatural action series based on Jon's Lawson Vampire novels. Filming of the pilot begins in 2013. Jon has studied authentic Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu/Ninjutsu for over twenty years under Mark Davis of the Boston Martial Arts Center. He has also trained with senior Bujinkan instructors both in the United States and Japan. During a trip to Japan in February 2003, Jon earned his 5th degree black belt directly from the 34th Grandmaster of Togakure-ryu Ninjutsu, Masaaki Hatsumi. In addition to traditional training, Jon has also taught defensive tactics to a wide range of clients, including civilian crime watch groups, police and EMS first responders, military units, and federal organizations including the US Department of State, the Department of Justice, and the Bureau of Prisons. In his past, Jon served with the United States Air Force, worked for the US government, and handled executive protection for a variety of Fortune 500 clients.