Nercoscope Necroscope II: Wamphyri! Necroscope III: The Source Necroscope IV: Deadspeak Necroscope V: Deadspawn Blood Brothers The Last Aerie Bloodwars Necroscope: The Lost Years Necroscope: Resurgence Necroscope: Invaders Necroscope: Defilers
That’s all I’m aware of. I had to take a break halfway through The Last Aerie.
K-9 security. Pretty different than my last security gig; these folks are a lot more professional. I have to go though a whole whack of extra training. But I get paid more and generally treated better, so it’s ok thus far. There is only one real asshat, and I don’t even have to deal with him that frequently.
Let's see...Hammer's Slammers are a far-future, interstellar, mercenary army. I seem to recall you playing Warhammer40k, so I think you would enjoy this series. Fairly detailed explanation/descriptions of equipment, coupled with the authors military service, make for some of the best (in my opinion) martial sci-fi ever written.
Saberhagen's take on the Count is as an aristocratic, powerful, highly honorable, sometimes hard, but rarely "evil", old-school gentleman. Blows off some aspects of vampire lore as "Hollywood". For example, older more powerful vamps (such as himself) can venture out in daylight for short periods without spontaneouly combusting. He also doesn't hunt humans as prey (stirs up the peasants, not to mention it's just plain rude), but is never short of willing "donors" due to the legendary vampiric sex appeal. He rarely feeds to the point of killing. I've read 3 or 4 of the series (not a chronological, "story arc" type series, simply a collection of stand-alone novels featuring the Count and certain recurring mortal
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Necroscope II: Wamphyri!
Necroscope III: The Source
Necroscope IV: Deadspeak
Necroscope V: Deadspawn
Blood Brothers
The Last Aerie
Bloodwars
Necroscope: The Lost Years
Necroscope: Resurgence
Necroscope: Invaders
Necroscope: Defilers
That’s all I’m aware of.
I had to take a break halfway through The Last Aerie.
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Pretty different than my last security gig; these folks are a lot more professional.
I have to go though a whole whack of extra training.
But I get paid more and generally treated better, so it’s ok thus far.
There is only one real asshat, and I don’t even have to deal with him that frequently.
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Weapon Shops of Isher by A. E. Van Vogt
Fred Saberhagen's Dracula series (The Holmes-Dracula File, An Old Friend of the Family, The Dracula Tape, etc.)
David Drake's Hammer's Slammers series (The Complete Hammer's Slammers is supposed to be released in hardcover in July of 2005)
Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series (haven't read them all myself, but the first - On a Pale Horse - was quite enjoyable.
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How about you lay down the skinny?
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Saberhagen's take on the Count is as an aristocratic, powerful, highly honorable, sometimes hard, but rarely "evil", old-school gentleman. Blows off some aspects of vampire lore as "Hollywood". For example, older more powerful vamps (such as himself) can venture out in daylight for short periods without spontaneouly combusting. He also doesn't hunt humans as prey (stirs up the peasants, not to mention it's just plain rude), but is never short of willing "donors" due to the legendary vampiric sex appeal. He rarely feeds to the point of killing. I've read 3 or 4 of the series (not a chronological, "story arc" type series, simply a collection of stand-alone novels featuring the Count and certain recurring mortal ( ... )
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