The Blood Thief, Vol. 1: The Short Happy Life of Alex Rose - Paperback

by Charles L. Close (Author)

When you grow up surrounded by monsters, what's the real thing to be afraid of?

Alex Rose, a thief haunted since boyhood by the ghosts of his past as well as the ghosts of people who have passed away, is trying to get out of the game. But to do that he needs to pull off one final score.

Raised in the margins of San Diego by his charming but troubled father A.J., Alex grows up seeing what others can't. Spirits follow him. Secrets shape him. Under the mentorship of the dangerous David Moreau, he learns the art of the con and just how deep the darkness goes.

A near-death encounter with a ravenous apparition and a doomed romance with Moreau's daughter, Jenny, who sees ghosts of her own, leave him scarred but searching for redemption.

When he finds love with Korey, a woman untouched by his past, Alex finally sees a way out. But one last heist-tied to a deadly contagion and a force known only as the Firstborn of Death-could cost him everything.

Told with raw honesty and dark humor, The Short Happy Life of Alex Rose is a gritty, supernatural confessional about legacy, love, and whether any of us can banish the ghosts that we're haunted by.