Everdead by Rio Youers

Audible Studios, 2013

ASIN: B00CPAMSY4

Available: Audiobook, MP3 CD

Luca, a nomadic vampire, is being pursued by the ancient original vampires. He finds himself on the beach front resort island of San Antonio,  where youths around the world come to drink, dance, and party.   Two vacationing partiers, Toby and Cass, come across Luca as he kills a young girl.  Furious at the interruption, Luca hunts down the couple to exact revenge.  

While Youers goes into Luca’s origin tale, he doesn’t try to paint him as a sympathetic victim. Rather, Youers shows Luca as a man who hounds another vampire to turn him, knowing full well that he will have to kill people to survive.   Youers does a good job of fleshing out the character of Toby, who has finally overcome his insecurities in approaching girls to finally meet Cass.  Everdead is a competently written vampire tale. It is currently not available in print format but is available in audiobook format.