I love this series entirely too much, as much for the horrible aspersions upon the language as for any other reason. ( )

The second book in the Halflife Chronicles series, an urban fantasy featuring the partially vampire hero/antihero Chris Csejthe, is a fastpaced read, but not as good as the first book -One Foot in the Grave.
Too much background info is dropped on the reader without being properly integrated in the story, thereby stalling the action and disrupting the flow of the narrative.
The self-ironic attitude of Chris makes him seem more of an antihero than a hero, but he unfallingly comes to the rescue of every damsel in distres, while making humorous remarks. His newly acquired expertise in everything religious and undead related is a bit over the top, but required to provide the reader with the necessary background to follow the story.
The weakest part of the book, compared with the last one, is the ampunt of philosophical discourse Chris engages in, often in the most ridiculous situations as if having heavy dialogue while being pursued and shot at somehow makes it more palatable and in line with the lighter tone of the rest of the book. The amount of coincidences that carry the story forward makes the story less credible.
Chris is living in a small town in Louisiana under an assumed name, playing at being a PI. A visit to a local voudon psychic on behalf of a client leads him on a quest to stop the end of the world being caused by a biblical demon masquarading as a vampire and a far foremother of Chris.
A number of dead people decides that Chris is Baron Samedi and seeks him out to get avenged and released. This leads him to a local biomedical facility where unsavoury experiments to decimate the human race are conducted, backed by shadowy governmental employees and the leader of the New York Vampire domain. ( )

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