NIGHTMARE IN THE BIG EASYWith New Orleans out of control, Chad Oliver Gardenier, one of Monster Hunter International-s premier hunters, has been dispatched from Seattle to reinforce the beleaguered members of MHI''S Hoodoo Squad in their fight against the darkness.Chad had once taken a werewolf while wearing only jogging gear. With half a dozen or more loup garou appearing every full moon, mysterious shadow demons, houdoun necromancers, fifty-foot bipedal crocodiles showing up every couple of months and more vampires than a Goth concert, New Orleans in the ''80s gives a whole new perspective to the term -Hell on Earth.- In fact, more monsters are popping up than crawfish at a fais do do! Chad may be able to collect enormous bounties for the monsters he kills. But there-s one catch: he has to stay alive to do it!About Black Tide Rising series entry Under a Graveyard Sky by John Ringo:-. . . the thinking reader-s zombie novel . . . Ringo fleshes out his theme with convincing details . .