The Syndicate, Jon F. Merz
The Syndicate, Jon F. Merz
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The Syndicate

Author: Jon F. Merz

Narrator: Joe Hempel

Unabridged: 7 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/25/2018


Synopsis

A missing family member sends Lawson on a trip to New York City only to run smack into vampire organized crime. Now they've got Lawson right where they want him—and they want him to switch sides and betray the Balance. But Lawson's got more than one play in his book, and if he has to go to the wall to rescue his cousin and stop the Syndicate from unleashing a new synthetic drug on the masses, then that's just what he'll do.

Meet Lawson: A cynical, wise-cracking vampire charged with protecting the Balance—the secret existence of a race of living vampires that have evolved alongside humanity for thousands of years.

A fixer: Part-spy, and part-commando—James Bond with fangs. Lawson mixes shrewd cunning with unmatched lethality to get his job done. He tries his best to dismantle conspiracies, dispatch bad guys, and live long enough to get home.

The Syndicate: Vampire organized crime has always kept to itself—and been largely tolerated by the Council. But this time, they're stepping out of the shadows in order to entice Lawson to join them as they unveil a brand new synthetic drug upon the masses.

Cho: A short, squat, misbegotten albino drug lord, Cho wants nothing more than to lure Lawson to New York and get him to join the Syndicate. To do it, he'll take a hostage—one of Lawson's family.

About Jon F. Merz

Jon F. Merz is the author of over thirty novels (including the bestselling Lawson Vampire supernatural espionage series) ranging from urban fantasy to espionage and sword and sorcery fantasy. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Jon served in the United States Air Force, protected a variety of Fortune 500 executives, and taught defensive tactics to government agencies like the State Department, Bureau of Prisons, and others. He is an active CrossFitter, a 5th degree black belt in Togakure-ryu Ninjutsu, enjoys doing GORUCK challenges, and in 2014 started modeling and acting. He lives each and every day by the motto, "Who Dares Lives."


Reviews

Goodreads review by Clay

I liked it, but the books seem to be getting shorter as we go along.........more

Goodreads review by Debra

Vampire Lone wolf against the Mob Lawson gets pulled into a battle to save his vampire world from designer drugs. An unexpected call from his uncle that his cousin is missing. He ends up taking time off to investigate because she is family and he has very little left. Lawson is down in New York and f......more

The Syndicate: A Lawson Vampire Novel #4 Lawson is in New York to help rescue his cousin. A crime boss name Chi has her and he want Lawson to betray the vampire consult. To free his cousin will he do it? Ok story.......more

Okay While the storyline is good, the abundance of missing words and misspellings prompted me to lower the rating. Hopefully the next book will be better.......more

Goodreads review by Carl

If you’ve read the Dresden File novels by Jim Butcher, you’ll find the vampire who is the main character in this series a good bit different than Harry Dresden, and I would say in a good way. Whereas as Dresden is an overly flawed character, Lawson is not. He has more panache, and a better skill set......more