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Felix Gomez went to Iraq a soldier. He came back a vampire.

Now he finds himself pulled into a web of intrigue when an old friend prompts him to investigate an outbreak of nymphomania at the secret government facilities in Rocky Flats. He'll find out the cause of all these horny women or die trying! But first he must contend with shadowy government agents, Eastern European vampire hunters, and women who just want his body . . .

Skewering sexual myths, conspiracy fables, and government bureaucracy, The Nymphos of Rocky Flats reveals the bizarre world of the undead with a humorous slant and a fresh twist.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #610110 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-01
• Released on: 2006-03-14
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

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Felix Gomez went to Iraq a soldier. He came back a vampire.

Now he finds himself pulled into a web of intrigue when an old friend prompts him to investigate an outbreak of nymphomania at the secret government facilities in Rocky Flats. He'll find out the cause of all these horny women or die trying! But first he must contend with shadowy government agents, Eastern European vampire hunters, and women who just want his body . . .

Skewering sexual myths, conspiracy fables, and government bureaucracy, The Nymphos of Rocky Flats reveals the bizarre world of the undead with a humorous slant and a fresh twist.

From Publishers Weekly
This debut novel succeeds largely because Acevedo gleefully acknowledges that it takes a lot to make a vampire story interesting anymore. PI Felix Gomez, an ex-soldier who became a vampire while serving in Iraq, uses his supernatural powers to solve mysteries that befuddle mere mortals. When a friend in the Department of Energy asks him to look into an outbreak of nymphomania among female guards at a plutonium processing plant in Colorado, things get really weird: hypnotized personnel talk cryptically about Roswell and something called Project Redlight, trained assassins start decimating the local vampire community and an amorous dryad shows up to assist in the detective work. As though this weren't enough, Felix refuses to drink human blood, an ethical stand that attenuates his uncanny powers and results in intriguing plot complications. Not everything adds up by the book's dizzying finale, but most readers will be too charmed by the crisp style to notice the loose ends. Acevedo doesn't add anything new to the modern vampire tale, but he has a lot of fun sounding its bells and whistles. (Mar.)
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From Booklist
Acevedo's first novel opens in Iraq, where Felix Gomez is a sergeant in the U.S. Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom. In the midst of a shoot-out, Felix is horrified to discover his team has accidentally shot and mortally wounded a young Iraqi girl. Guilt ridden, Felix stumbles off on his own and runs into a man who finds a way to extend his suffering by turning him into a vampire. Now working as a private investigator, Felix is called to a Department of Energy site by his old college roommate, Gilbert, to look into a sudden outbreak of nymphomania among female workers. Adding to Felix's troubles is the appearance of a deadly group of vampire hunters who have started slaughtering locals and now seem to have set their sights on Felix. Although not as laugh-out-loud funny as Andrew Fox's The Fat White Vampire Blues (2003), Acevedo's vampire comedy provides plenty of chuckles, particularly in its exciting final wrap-up, which leaves an opening for further Felix adventures. Kristine Huntley
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Customer Reviews

I tried to like it but I can't
I'm usually a big fan of vamp books with a good twist of humor but I can't quite get into this series. Just too superficial and I'm not getting too attached to the main character. I really wanted to like it particularly since I enjoyed Jeanne Stein's vamp series and she's plugged his books on websites and such but they don't really work for me.

Good Idea for a story...needs more development
Being on a vampire/romance kick, this book seemed like it would be great. The story itself is very interesting. We see a soldier who returns from Iraq changed into a vampire. He then becomes a private detective who seems to end up with the strangest of cases, one being an outbreak of nymphomania at a government facility.

I like the idea of how he became a vampire and the idea of a whole vampire "web" that exists in the book. I think it was a little out there for me with some of the explanations. Think Roswell meets Dracula.

You can tell why Acevedo made this into a series. The character is somewhat developed in this book, but there is defnite room to expand. I was fairly interested in what happens to Felix next, so I bought the next book in the series, X-rated Blood Suckers. The titles seem to be a bit deceiving, I honestly bought the series because the review talked about how racy the books were. Not too much going on in that arena.

If you like vampires and new twists on the old legends, try it out. But don't expect Nora Roberts-esq sex scenes.

Serious vampire author...
While the title and cover may throw you, please read this book. Felix Gomez is a private detective who also is a vampire. Kind of common at first, right? But Mario Acevedo is taking the story, the idea of vampires, and other supernatural creatures seriously. While the plot may seem a tad weird, the flow of the story, the characters, even the emotions and gore is all done with art, skill and humor. People die. Blood flows. The world in this book is a tad scary but also wonderfully alive when compared to other vampire settings. Get some nachos, turn down the lights and READ this book. He did what very few authors have been able to do to me since Anne Rice. He made me shiver.