[Brian Helsing: The World's Unlikeliest Vampire Hunter 01] • Just Try Not to Die

On the surface of it, things appear to be going swimmingly for Brian. A million pounds in the bank, a muscle car on the drive, and a ten-out-of-ten girlfriend on his arm. He was even beginning to get the hang of his newfound magical powers.

Yet why did it all feel like a precariously stacked house of cards just waiting to come tumbling down?

Well, his girlfriend and Gertie, his cute-yet-deadly Master of Combat, were starting to get close. Too close, if anything. Ordinarily, this wouldn't be a cause for concern for most men, rather the opposite in fact. However, it just so happened that his girlfriend, Scylla, was, unbeknownst to anyone but Brian, a Water Nymph. And Gertie was the person in charge of training Brian in the art of bringing such creatures to justice. Usually by way of decapitation via magically flaming sword.

So there was that.

Also, reports of werewolves had started to come in, and in never-changing arse-end of England that was Cornwall, eight-foot, fur-clad killing machines didn't tend to go unnoticed, which meant that Brian would have to get his Helsing on, once more.

But when Brian, Scylla and his perpetually annoying best friend Neil venture forth on their most dangerous mission yet, it doesn't go according to plan. But then, life never does for Brian. You see, werewolves it turns out are actually pretty damn likeable. And there's also the small matter of a vengeance-thirsting vampiress on the loose, intent on meddling at every turn.

As everyone is so keen to point out, Brian despite his progress still has a lot to learn. Yet by the end of this latest mission, perhaps he may have learned a little too much about what it means to truly be Helsing.