Vein Pursuits

Black Badge Series, Book 2

By: Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime Castle

Narrated by: Roger Clark

Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

The path to Heaven runs through miles of icy Hell …

James Crowley has ridden the road to Crescent City before, but never with companions like these. Never with a woman whose very presence jeopardizes everything he’s fought for over the past two decades.

The swamps are a brutal, nasty place filled with creatures most people think only exist in nightmares and fever dreams. When Crowley, along with Rosa, Bram Stoker, Harker, and Irish stumble upon such a creature, and one of their party finds themselves mortally wounded, they must find help in the most unlikely of places.

But that wasn’t James Crowley’s mission. As a Black Badge, a Hand of God, he’s been tasked with hunting down the worst Hell has to offer, and at Shargrafein’s beckoning, he must suss out the Betrayer—a mysterious being about whom no information is given.

What he finds is something he never could have guessed. The city is overrun with vampires, werewolves, and worse, including an old acquaintance with nothing good in mind.

Meanwhile, Rosa has continued her pursuit to reconnect with her dead husband, Willy Massey. With the help of a Voodoo Queen, she must do the unthinkable. Only Crowley stands between her and a choice that would forever scar her soul. But will he be able to escape the clutches of Hell in order to keep her from destroying everything and everyone in her path?

With the question of right and wrong always nagging at Crowley’s undead heart, he must decide where his loyalties lie in this pulse-pounding sequel to the hit Cold as Hell. The Witcher meets The Dresden Files in this weird Western series by the Audible number one bestselling duo behind Dead Acre.

©2023 Rhett C. Bruno and Steven Beaulieu (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing

Vein Pursuits

Well, I can honestly say that the quest itself was definitely a vein pursuit but as per usual it was another amazing audiobook & book. I will be especially curious to see how things go down in the next audiobook& book. Roger Clark & Rhett C. Bruno, & Jaime Castle make an excellent pair. Kudos to you guys for coming up with such an amazing series and I look forward to the next book in the series. :)

They did it again!

Dead Acre was amazing. Too short… but incredible for what it was. Cold as Hell was even better and a full novel. Vein Pursuits builds off of what those two stories created and adds a beautifully woven tapestry into an already rich world.

James Crowley is likeable—no, loveable—but also a real badass, take no crap, tell-it-like-it-is cowboy with a bone to pick. Layer that with a cast of well-developed and real-feeling secondary characters + historical figures that feel true to who they were, and now we are cooking with oil.

I loved every second of this book. I’m literally sad it’s over and I’ll have to wait for a sequel. This might be the best thing to happen to urban fantasy type stories in two decades. I can’t get enough!

Helluva Ride!!!

Straight up, this is the best thrill ride I've taken so far in 2023! Rhett and Jaime strike that perfect balance between sucking the reader into caring for the characters then putting them into one devil-driven action piece after another. Always, the tension is tight as a hangman's noose and twice as tricky for the good guys to escape ... if they do at all (I won't spoil it). Roger Clark's legendary voice and skill deliver on the audiobook and my only complaint is that Book 3 isn't ready yet!

Perfect pairing of storytelling and narrator

The story is great. The narrator is great. Together they make the perfect audiobook experience. Keep ‘em coming!

Awesome

Another Awesome story with a great narrator! Already can't wait for the next one.

Great ride

I find myself liking this series even more than I thought I would. If you're a fan of stories like The Dresden Files, give this one a shot.

Give me more Crowley!

What an insane ride, absolutely loved every second of it, Can't wait for more craziness!

It just keeps getting better

There are few works that grab you this is one of them. The characters are rich developed and refined. The story has twists turns and holds on.

A fantastic follow up

I was hooked since dead acres, when cold as hell came out instant credit use, then this.
The authors knocked it out and the narrator (who is the va for author Morgan rdr) did a fantasist job bringing. James to life. I loved how the stakes where raised despite the character being immortal. Of course new questions arise and hopefully the next book will answer some. There will be a reckoning.

A wonderful weird west story

If you like weird west and like being surprised at what happens next this is the book for you