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    Deader Still

    By Anton Strout

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    It’s hard to defeat evil on a budget. Just ask Simon Canderous.

    FROM THE AUTHOR OF DEAD TO ME.

    View our feature on Anton Strout’s Deader Still.

    It’s been 737 days since the Department of Extraordinary Affairs’ last vampire incursion, but that streak appears to have ended when a boat full of dead lawyers is found in the Hudson River. Using the power of psychometry—the ability to divine the history of an object by touching it—agent Simon Canderous discovers that the booze cruise was crashed by something that sucked all the blood out of the litigators. Now, his workday may never end—until his life does.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Group
    Release dateFeb 24, 2009
    ISBN9781101014509
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    Deader Still
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    Anton Strout

    Anton Strout is the author of the Spellmason Chronicles, including Stonecast and Alchemystic, and the Simon Canderous series including Dead Waters, Dead Matter, Deader Still, and Dead to Me. He was born in the Berkshire Hills mere miles from writing heavyweights Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville. He currently lives in historic Jackson Heights, New York (where nothing paranormal ever really happens, he assures you). In his scant spare time, he is an always writer, a sometimes actor, sometimes musician, occasional RPGer, and the world's most casual and controller-smashing video gamer. He currently works in the exciting world of publishing and yes, it is as glamorous as it sounds.

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    • 3/5
      OK, it gets better later. (3.5)
    • 4/5
      Deader Still by Anton Strout is the second book in the Simon Canderous series. Based in New York City, the series revolves around reformed thief Simon, trying to use his power of psychometry (the ability to learn about an object's past via touch) for good by joining the Department of Extraordinary Affairs. The DEA has been set up to protect NY citizens from the supernatural, and to hide the supernatural from ordinary beings. Simon finds his power a mixed blessing, as touching objects and people often leads to debilitating and unwanted visions. He is mentored by Connor, his supervisor at the Department of Extraordinary Affairs, and his girl friend Jane, a previous cultist. In this story Simon's grown up a bit, and joined the Old Foggies. He is approached by someone from his past who forces him to aid her in one last crime. At the same time, he is battling zombies, vampires, and bad buys. Lots of laugh out loud moments and fun, but most interesting to me is the side story of Connor's brother who disappeared when they were children. What happened to him, and who would now be sending notes to Connor about it?
    • 5/5
      Simon Canderous is back and he's still inundated by paperwork! Well, that never ends. He also has to work the booth at ComicCon although the Inspectre is there so it might not really be a punishment for...something or other. It's on the way back that he and Connor end up at a crime scene wherein all the bodies have been drained of blood. So obviously a vampire attack. That's what Simon says. But then someone from his past--who happens to have a vampire fetish--turns up. Oh, and Jane seems awfully close to her new boss, Wesker. Simon's really not having a good day. (Does he ever?)This and the previous book are way fun and full of laughs (and the best ever fight with villains--not the so much how as the where) and lots of Buffy/Angel references. Kinda has that feel about them. I really like them.
    • 4/5
      Simon Canderous is back still fighting evil and paperwork with the Department of Extraordinary Affairs (DEA) in NYC. This time he and his partner, Connor, are investigating some particularly gruesome deaths and working the company booth at a Sci/Fi convention. At the same time, Simon is having his first long-term relationship, ever, and that is complicated by the arrival of a female associate from his criminal past.I really enjoyed this book. I love Simon and the cast of characters. The situations he manages to get into are really funny and there is a lot of action. It is light urban fantasy and very readable.
    • 5/5
      Deader Still is the sequel to Anton Strout's debut novel Dead to Me. This time, Simon Canderous of New York's Dept. of Extraordinary Affairs is up against another batch of supernatural baddies, including a possible vampire invasion. Of course, the DEA is a government agency, so he also gets to fight red tape and budget troubles. And then there's tension with his girlfriend, ex-cultist Jane, not to mention some leadership troubles with his partner Conner...Simon's a fun character. His psychometry gives him the ability to see an object's history by touching it, and his retractable bat gives him the ability to see a zombie's insides by whacking it. These two tools, along with a steady barrage of pop culture references, are pretty much what see him through the story.This is a fun read that doesn't take itself too seriously, and never pretends to be anything but what it is. The pace moves right along, running poor Simon a little ragged in the process, but providing plenty of action. If you liked Dead to Me, it's a safe bet you'll like this one even more. We pick up some threads from the first book, and we also see Simon growing a bit. He knows how to control his powers better now -- well enough to maintain an actual relationship for the first time in his life. (Hard to keep a relationship going when you're accidentally reading your lover's secrets from everything you touch.) Of course, since this is Simon's first relationship, he gets to make all the fumbling mistakes most of us made as teenagers, which is a little painful at times, but understandable.No book is perfect. If you want deep, serious, intense urban fantasy, this might not be the book for you. But the only real complaint I had was a minor quibble, that the Buffy jokes started to get repetitive. Hopefully Simon can expand his pop culture references a little more for book three.The last page gives us the hook for the next book, but since the major conflicts of this book are all resolved, I won't complain too much about being left hanging on this new crisis ... assuming Anton hurries up and gets the next book out soon.