{"product_id":"destiny-can-bite-me-jon-smith-9781916970182","title":"Destiny Can Bite Me: A sardonic urban vampire fantasy of blood, banter, and very bad decisions.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvery prophecy needs a villain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis one got a sarcastic vampire with a bad attitude.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVincent Lupo is a jaded, wine-soaked immortal just trying to finish writing his latest smutty novel and avoid the people he's wronged-magical or otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen a severed head turns up in his fridge, branded with an invocation sigil and whispering lines from a play he wrote a century ago. A play the wrong people believe is prophecy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Vincent's neck-deep in death cults, cursed scripts, and a once-devoted mortal aide who's now a cult leader hellbent on crafting his own narrative-and casting Vincent as the unwilling Bloodbard at centre stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's not a hero. He's just immortal, inconveniently famous in the wrong circles, and really bad at staying uninvolved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prophecy wants him bled dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVincent wants a drink.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly one of them gets what they want.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sardonic urban fantasy of blood, banter, and very bad decisions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1916970184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781916970182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Balkon Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Jon Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874470768895,"sku":"9781916970182","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/destiny-can-bite-me-jon-smith-9781916970182","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}