Red Peace

Warlocks of Whitehall, Book 2

By: Steve K. Peacock

Narrated by: Sam Legg

We can't holiday here; it's vampire country!

Laying low in America, Jameson Parker is going to have to find himself a way to be useful if he wants to benefit from the protection of the paranormal power brokers on this side of the pond: bitter Machiavellian vampires. But when staying on their good side means sliding back into the darkness, is his survival really worth cutting ties with those he left behind?

Jameson Parker returns in Red Peace, the second book in the Warlocks of Whitehall series, a world of magic and politics perfect for fans of Hellblazer, The Dresden Files, The Laundry, and other urban fantasy mainstays.The Warlocks of Whitehall series starts with Lore and Order, and continues in Red Peace and Rob the Casbah.

©2017 Stephen Kenneth Peacock (P)2025 Stephen Kenneth Peacock

An Interesting Collection of Ideas

After the first book I was interested in where the story COULD go and it was promising in the beginning. There are a lot of interesting ideas and world building happening in this book. But the story kinda goes nowhere and feels drawn out for no reason. (At one point going back to London to learn about a library, grab a character from the first book, and make the main character look less heroic/badass). At one point halfway through Jameson say something to the affect of "I bet your wondering where is the story going" and by the time I noticed only 5 minutes of runtime left I took was asking where the hell is this story going. I probably won't listen to a 3rd book without some encouraging reviews.
I was recommended this book because I love Urban Fantasy. Dresden Files, Rivers of London, and Arcane Casebook, but this is not the same kind of story. Especially when they leaned heavily on treating the main character like a drug addict that has to abstain from magic because they can't themselves with it, I really lost hope for the story. The hero trope of losing faith in themselves is fine, but they eventually find that belief in themselves and rise to be a hero. Not here. I don't believe anyone in the story that calls him a badass because nothing he does makes him seem badass or someone other than a guy you feel sorry for.