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Redlaw #2
Red Eye
John Redlaw, policeman to the damned, marginalised vampires, comes to America to uncover a devastaing conspiracy. Emigrant vampries are the bane and burden of the modern world, they have few friends and only one defender, Redlaw, a man conflicted in his loyalties to humanity and to justice. The eastern seaboard of the USA is experiencing the worst winter weather in living memory, and John Redlaw is in the cold white thick of it. He's come to America to investigate a series of vicious attacks on vampire immigrants - targeted kills that can't simply be the work of amateur vigilantes. Dogging his footsteps is Tina "Tick" Checkley, a wannabe TV journalist with an eye on the big time. The conspiracy Redlaw uncovers could give Tina the career break she's been looking for. It could also spell death for Redlaw.
400 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 23, 2012
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About the author
James Lovegrove
152 books658 followersJames Lovegrove is the author of several acclaimed novels and books for children.
James was born on Christmas Eve 1965 and, having dabbled in writing at school, first took to it seriously while at university. A short story of his won a college competition. The prize was £15, and it had cost £18 to get the story professionally typed. This taught him a hard but necessary lesson in the harsh economic realities of a literary career.
Straight after graduating from Oxford with a degree in English Literature, James set himself the goal of getting a novel written and sold within two years. In the event, it took two months. The Hope was completed in six weeks and accepted by Macmillan a fortnight later. The seed for the idea for the novel — a world in microcosm on an ocean liner — was planted during a cross-Channel ferry journey.
James blew his modest advance for The Hope on a round-the-world trip which took him to, among other places, Thailand. His experiences there, particularly what he witnessed of the sex industry in Bangkok, provided much of the inspiration for The Foreigners.
Escardy Gap was co-written with Pete Crowther over a period of a year and a half, the two authors playing a game of creative tag, each completing a section in turn and leaving the other to carry the story on. The result has proved a cult favourite, and was voted by readers of SFX one of the top fifty SF/Fantasy novels of all time.
Days, a satire on consumerism, was shortlisted for the 1998 Arthur C. Clarke Award (losing to Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow). The book’s genesis most probably lies in the many visits James used to make as a child to the Oxford Street department store owned by his grandfather. It was written over a period of nine months while James was living in the north-west suburbs of Chicago.
Subsequent works have all been published to great acclaim. These include Untied Kingdom, Worldstorm, Provender Gleed, The Age Of Ra and the back-to-back double-novella Gig. James has also written for children. Wings, a short novel for reluctant readers, was short-listed for several awards, while his fantasy series for teens, The Clouded World, written under the pseudonym Jay Amory, has been translated into 7 other languages so far. A five-book series for reluctant readers, The 5 Lords Of Pain, is appearing at two-monthly intervals throughout 2010.
He also reviews fiction for the Financial Times, specialising in the Young Adult, children’s, science fiction, fantasy, horror and graphic novel genres.
Currently James resides in Eastbourne on the Sussex Coast, having moved there in August 2007 with his wife Lou, sons Monty and Theo, and cat Ozzy. He has a terrific view of the sea from his study window, which he doesn’t sit staring out at all day when he should be working. Honest.
James was born on Christmas Eve 1965 and, having dabbled in writing at school, first took to it seriously while at university. A short story of his won a college competition. The prize was £15, and it had cost £18 to get the story professionally typed. This taught him a hard but necessary lesson in the harsh economic realities of a literary career.
Straight after graduating from Oxford with a degree in English Literature, James set himself the goal of getting a novel written and sold within two years. In the event, it took two months. The Hope was completed in six weeks and accepted by Macmillan a fortnight later. The seed for the idea for the novel — a world in microcosm on an ocean liner — was planted during a cross-Channel ferry journey.
James blew his modest advance for The Hope on a round-the-world trip which took him to, among other places, Thailand. His experiences there, particularly what he witnessed of the sex industry in Bangkok, provided much of the inspiration for The Foreigners.
Escardy Gap was co-written with Pete Crowther over a period of a year and a half, the two authors playing a game of creative tag, each completing a section in turn and leaving the other to carry the story on. The result has proved a cult favourite, and was voted by readers of SFX one of the top fifty SF/Fantasy novels of all time.
Days, a satire on consumerism, was shortlisted for the 1998 Arthur C. Clarke Award (losing to Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow). The book’s genesis most probably lies in the many visits James used to make as a child to the Oxford Street department store owned by his grandfather. It was written over a period of nine months while James was living in the north-west suburbs of Chicago.
Subsequent works have all been published to great acclaim. These include Untied Kingdom, Worldstorm, Provender Gleed, The Age Of Ra and the back-to-back double-novella Gig. James has also written for children. Wings, a short novel for reluctant readers, was short-listed for several awards, while his fantasy series for teens, The Clouded World, written under the pseudonym Jay Amory, has been translated into 7 other languages so far. A five-book series for reluctant readers, The 5 Lords Of Pain, is appearing at two-monthly intervals throughout 2010.
He also reviews fiction for the Financial Times, specialising in the Young Adult, children’s, science fiction, fantasy, horror and graphic novel genres.
Currently James resides in Eastbourne on the Sussex Coast, having moved there in August 2007 with his wife Lou, sons Monty and Theo, and cat Ozzy. He has a terrific view of the sea from his study window, which he doesn’t sit staring out at all day when he should be working. Honest.
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April 18, 2015
A fun read with just the right measure of brain candy to sail right through it. Not an all time favorite, but definitely a fun series that I hope to see continue to evolve.
February 5, 2013
As with the first in the series, this is great entertainment. For once we have real vampires and proper horror!
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April 6, 2023
I did not greatly enjoy
the 1st book
REDLAW.
It was a poor man's
Judge Dredd with vampires.
This is less inspired.
I frankly got 2 1/2 chapters in and gave up.
Unusual for Lovegrove, but no one is perfect.
the 1st book
REDLAW.
It was a poor man's
Judge Dredd with vampires.
This is less inspired.
I frankly got 2 1/2 chapters in and gave up.
Unusual for Lovegrove, but no one is perfect.
March 29, 2021
Another good read from Lovegrove. Like the god punk stuff better, but this mini-series was pretty good. There's room for a third book. Hint, hint...
February 2, 2021
This is the second story featuring John Redlaw and it takes him down a completely different path than the first one. This time we find John a wanted fugitive for his parts in the killings at the end of the book 1, he is ostracised from SHADE and living in a squat. He has also changed sides as he tries to keeps his promise and acts a human shtriga and is doing his best to protect the vampires.
As the net closes in on him however he flees to New York and soon finds himself knee deep in trouble again. Once again he is facing a billionaire megalomaniac who has his own agenda for the local vampire population. Teaming up with a local wannabe reporter he joins battle and finds his own life hanging by a mere thread on more than one occasion.
I don’t know if Lovegrove is planning on writing further stories with Redlaw but I for one would be interested providing he can keep the plot line fresh as like the original Age of … stories these are an original take on a classic theme and anything fresh and new is always welcome.
As the net closes in on him however he flees to New York and soon finds himself knee deep in trouble again. Once again he is facing a billionaire megalomaniac who has his own agenda for the local vampire population. Teaming up with a local wannabe reporter he joins battle and finds his own life hanging by a mere thread on more than one occasion.
I don’t know if Lovegrove is planning on writing further stories with Redlaw but I for one would be interested providing he can keep the plot line fresh as like the original Age of … stories these are an original take on a classic theme and anything fresh and new is always welcome.
July 26, 2015
Solid Redlaw tale, with enough action and vampire antics to keep you entertained.
I love Redlaw as a character, but felt with this one he didn't quite grow as far and as much as he had to in the first book.
Still enjoyable enough to keep me entertained!
I love Redlaw as a character, but felt with this one he didn't quite grow as far and as much as he had to in the first book.
Still enjoyable enough to keep me entertained!
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews