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Reviewed by Alice DiNizo for Readers' Favorite
It is June of 1880 and Army Captain Jonas Hollister has been serving time in the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was the only survivor from an incident when he and his men investigated a wagon train attack. The eleven men under him were slaughtered by non-humans who ripped out soldiers' necks and carried off some of their bodies. Hollister is deemed crazy for the report he gives on this incident and is committed to Fort Leavenworth. Then famed detective Allan Pinkerton arrives at the prison with an order for Hollister's release and Army reinstatement. What happened is that a group of Colorado miners were just killed in the same horrific manner as were Holister's men. The deal is made and Hollister, now Major Holister, Pinkerton, Chee, who is one of Hollister's friends from prison, a multi-talented man named Monkey Pete, Oliver Winchester of gun-making fame who has developed a special gun just for this called the Ass-Kicker, and a foreigner named Abraham Van Helsing head for Colorado where the only survivor of this latest brutality is not-so-nice Senator DeClan's son. The men and their special train are followed by a woman called Shaniah who knows about Deathwalkers and Archaics as she is one herself.
"Blood Riders" is an exciting, well-written story with the history of the United States frontier intermingled with vampires and other creatures that never die. The many good guy and bad guy characters, Hollister, Chee, Monkey Pete, Malachi, Shaniah, Senator DeClan and even real-life Allan Pinkerton, are well-created and suit the story well. The dialogue adds to the eventful plot line which follows with unexpected twists and turns right up the story's last page. Michael Spradlin's "Blood Riders" is a story for reading lists everywhere, vampire fans or just regular readers.
