Steve Feratu: Vampire Detective is a hard-boiled detective story, slathered in a delicious monster movie sauce, all stuffed inside a crisp flakey tortilla of comedy.
An average homicide detective can deal with situations normal folks couldn't even imagine. Strange circumstances, horrific crime scenes, the dregs of society... the list goes on. But what happens when a great homicide detective can't deal with his current case? What does he or she do when bats start attacking at all hours of the night, when Frankenstein monsters are arrested for murder while attempting to harvest fresh body parts, when wolf-men no longer keep to the shadows and begin their murderous onslaught of everyday citizens? They call in the only person who can deal with these supernatural circumstances. They call in Steve Feratu: Vampire Detective.
"Preposterous!" many say.
"Outrageous!!" cry others.
"A vampire on the side of the law?! You're out of your freaking skull!!!" one dude yells at the heavens.
All of these things are true. But still, there he is, blood sucking and all, with his badge firmly pinned to his creepy, vampire-suited chest.
Steve is a vampire turned good by the horrible atrocities committed by creatures of his ilk. When your homicide investigation gets too freaky, too nasty, too supernatural, Steve Feratu is the man to call.
TONE:
Steve Feratu: Vampire Detective is a hilarious noir-crime book set in a city overrun with monsters of all kinds. If one were to make it a movie, a PG-13 rating would fit it well.
PREMISE:
Steve is a vampire that is also a detective.
But not the other way around.
His partner is Lester Wolfman, a Jewish werewolf.
They solve crimes of a monster-movie nature.
That's pretty simple.
THE STORY:
Steve and Lester solve crimes around the city that seem to involve elements outside the realm of typical police work. You know, like swamp creatures and stuff. Every day, there's a new crime, and with that crime comes a new monster. One week it's Dr. Frankenstein, the next it's an army of space robots, then mummies.
The one thing that keeps Steve driven in this crazy world of never-ending violence is the desire to bring his arch nemesis, the vile Count Dracula, to justice.
With each crime Steve and Lester solve, they reveal another clue leading to the whereabouts of Count Dracula and hinting at his diabolical plot to enslave the world.
But when does it end? When Steve puts Count Dracula behind bars and makes him pay his debt to society.
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