Ethics of the Undead

Vampires pose questions on love, diversity and religion in the Sawtooth Mountains.

Lured with scholarships to a charter school in Idaho’s Sawtooth Wilderness, four normal teens find themselves trapped in a school for vampires. Drawn from different racial and ethnic backgrounds, the scholarship kids’ faith, friendship and love are tested in this fast-paced, witty adventure.

Sixteen-year-old Kathy finds herself on the kill list of a Shoshone vampire who teaches Ethics for Bloodsuckers. Her pal Lionel is terrorized by his music teacher, an 19th century violinist who worked as a Mafia hit man so he could play at his victims’ funerals. With the entire student body thirsting for snacks, keeping the warmbloods alive presents a challenge for several quirky but ethical vampires. And when Kathy and Lional are put on trial for murder in a vampire court, there are only three options: escape, dies trying, or join the undead.

This novel will delight all readers of fantasy adventure who thirst for humor in the vein of Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels. Indeed, Clarion review says “Urban fantasy meet eccentric comedy in this unique and caustically witty conflict between vampire and human ethics.”

Loren Schechter is a retired psychiatrist who loves to write humorous fiction. His first novel was Murder in Millbrook, a humorous mystery. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife Susan and dog, Amigo. No animals, senior citizens or vampires were injured in the writing of his novels.

Also available in eBook format, $6.99, 978-1-939166-27-2.