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Blood Drawn

Demon Accords #17 / 21 ✓
by John Conroe
Blood Drawn (Demon Accords #17) by John Conroe
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Chris Gordon and Tanya Demidova are the world's top close quarters battle experts. As fast and powerful as elder vampires, with supernatural weapons that match their supernatural speed, strength and senses. But how does a close quarters warrior fight an enemy that is literally light years away -- 25,000 light years away?

It would take one hell of a ranged weapon, something that can cross unimaginable distances with unfathomable power. Something... or... someone. Hmm, but witch is best?

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FantasyUrban Fantasy
Release date: September 2, 2021

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John Conroe

John Conroe

John Conroe didn’t set out to reinvent the urban fantasy genre—but that’s exactly what happened when The Demon Accords series began to ripple through the Kindle charts. With a blend of high-octane action, supernatural intrigue, and grounded emotional depth, his books struck a chord with readers looking for more than just vampires and werewolves. They found something sharper. Grittier. And, perhaps most unexpected of all, deeply human.

Before he was spinning tales of demons, telepaths, and shadowy conspiracies, Conroe lived a life that might seem deceptively ordinary on the surface. A lifelong New Yorker, he spent years working in the financial world, building numbers and logic into the framework of his thinking. But beneath the suit-and-tie routine, there was always the heartbeat of a storyteller—someone who saw the world through the lens of “what if?” What if a teenage girl with a dangerous psychic gift crossed paths with a centuries-old vampire enforcer? What if evil wasn’t always monstrous, and power wasn’t always clean?

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It wasn’t until mid-life that he gave fiction the front seat, channeling a love of thrillers, speculative fiction, and mythology into something uniquely his own. The result? A literary universe where action scenes read like cinematic set pieces, and morality is always painted in shades of gray.

Conroe’s writing is known for its sharp pacing, layered world-building, and characters who evolve under pressure. The Demon Accords series—starting with God Touched—anchors a sprawling saga that has grown to include over a dozen novels and spinoffs, each expanding the supernatural world he’s created while staying rooted in themes of loyalty, identity, and survival. Fans are drawn to the visceral realism of his fight scenes just as much as the complex emotional arcs that ground his heroes in something real.

Despite steering clear of the traditional publishing route, Conroe has built a formidable reader base—one that spans genres and generations. His books often hover near the top of Amazon's fantasy and supernatural thrillers lists, thanks to word-of-mouth, a fiercely loyal following, and a voice that never tries to imitate someone else’s.

Whether he's crafting a tactical showdown between vampires and black ops teams or exploring the fragile humanity inside a character with godlike power, John Conroe writes with a clarity and confidence that feels earned. He's not just telling stories about the war between light and dark—he's dissecting the space in between, one explosive chapter at a time.

Demon Accords

In a world where the shadows don’t just hide monsters—they answer to them—The Demon Accords carves out its own brutal, kinetic corner of urban fantasy. This long-running saga blends supernatural warfare with covert operations and moral ambiguity, following characters who are anything but ordinary as they battle forces that are far from simple evil.

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At its heart is a collision: of old power and new abilities, of ancient mythologies and modern threats. The series begins with a deadly encounter on a cold New York street, where a telepathic teenager crosses paths with a vampire enforcer bound by duty and rage. What unfolds is not just another vampire-meets-girl tale—it’s a sprawling, pulse-pounding narrative where psychic gifts come with lethal consequences, and where alliances are forged in blood and tested in war.

What makes this series stand apart is how grounded it feels, even amid chaos. The characters—be they immortal warriors, witches, or government-trained killers—struggle not just with external threats but with their own evolving identities. Action scenes strike with military precision, but beneath every clash is a question: what does it mean to be human in a world where power corrupts, and monsters might be the only ones keeping the darkness at bay?

Blending supernatural thriller elements with a gritty, fast-paced style, The Demon Accords has earned a reputation among fans of urban fantasy for its addictive storytelling and relentless momentum. Its world expands with each book, layering conspiracies, ancient rivalries, and high-stakes battles into a narrative that never lets up—and never forgets the emotional weight behind every fight.

Dark, thrilling, and unexpectedly thoughtful, this is a series for readers who like their fantasy sharp-edged, morally complex, and impossible to put down.


Demon Accords consists of twenty-one books and considered as a complete series. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

God Touched (Demon Accords #1)
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Demon Driven (Demon Accords #2)
Unrated
Blood Drawn (Demon Accords #17)
Unrated
Blood Cull (Demon Accords #18)
Unrated
Lucky Son Of A Gun (Demon Accords #19)
⧗ 8.66 / 3
Hand of The Queen (Demon Accords #20)
⧗ 8.00 / 1
Bloodlines (Demon Accords #21)
★ 9.00 / 1


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