Tremere

Vampire: The Masquerade: Clan Novel #12

by Eric Griffin

The Vampire the Masquerade Clan Novel Saga is a thirteen-volume masterpiece, presenting the war between the established Camarilla leadership and the growing power of the brutal Sabbat on the East Coast of the United States. Each novel is told from the perspective of one of the thirteen clans, intertwining with the others, and filling in missing pieces artfully as we follow battle after battle, intrigue after intrigue—and the appearance of a strange artifact that falls into the hands of a solitary Toreador sculptor.

Clan Novel Tremere is the twelfth novel in the series.

Magic, manipulation, murder. With one foot firmly planted in the mythic and the other rooted in the unforgiving streets of New York City, Aisling Sturbridge, Regent of the besieged Chantry of the Five Boroughs, serves as leader, teacher, and guardian to the novices entrusted to her care.

But if holding the front line against the Sabbat were not challenge enough, Sturbridge must struggle to unravel a murder in the very heart of her chantry; to upstage the manipulation of rival Tremere powerbrokers and to survive the escalating (and unwelcome) attention from the motherhouse in Vienna.

All of these struggles, however, may prove to be in vain. If Sturbridge cannot find some answer to her own silent accusers–the faces of the Children down the Well.

This series is a monumental 13 novel exploration of the forbidden world of the Kindred. What began in Clan Novel: Toreador continues here, and it's ending will determine the fate of every human–and inhuman–being in the world.

Genres: Horror, Vampires, Urban Fantasy, World Of Darkness, Fantasy, Role Playing Games, Fiction

283 pages, Paperback

First published July 6, 2000

Reviews

[Jimyanni · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't think this book was QUITE as bad as Malkavian or Giovanni, but it's darned close. A couple of the characters are actually mildly interesting. which is what makes it better than Giovanni, and it isn't QUITE as inexplicable as Malkavian, although it's distressingly close considering that none of the characters are comlete, utter raving loony-tunes. But like Giovanni, and unlike Malkavian, it didn't seem to advance the overall plotline any, so all in all, it was pretty worthless. Certainly utterly worthless if you aren't trying to read the whole series, or if you aren't familiar with the White Wolf "World of Darkness" Vampire games. Anyone not familiar with the background coming in would be totally lost.

[Benjamin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Even though I did not expect much out of a roleplaying game-based fiction I found the novel to be a complete and utter disaster. Loose plotlines and barely-defined characters coupled with an attempt to create a rich internal mental struggle based on some water-filled well of an afterlife reality did not leave a lasting impression.



Then again, goodreads states that this is a 12th novel in the series, though I did not find any relevant connections to the previous clan novels that would hamper understanding of this reading. I am familiar with the realia of Vampire: The Masquerade, but the book barely contained anything familiar for me apart from occasional clan names (which then did not evoke any imagery I've conjured beforehand), no descriptions of discipline use or even the Camatila-Sabbat conflict were given which left the novel rather action- and excitement-less.

[Sami · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the worst book of the entire clan novel series. The only redeeming and interesting parts were when the story switched to other characters.

I really enjoyed the clan novel series, however, the book series should not have ended with Tremere as the penultimate novel. I have only read the standalone books and not the combined and edited Clan Novel saga. I read all of the books in a week so I could tell right away that they reused chapters from old books in this one.

[James · Rating 2 out of 5]

Full review here:

http://jamesgenrebooks.blogspot.com/2...

One gets the impression this was meant to be earlier in the series. Doesn't change it has a rather poorly explained finale and bunch of dream questing.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very, very good. I enjoyed this one immensely. I really liked the insight into Clan Tremere!

[Gina · Rating 2 out of 5]

It IS 12 of 13 but I felt like the story line jumped around too much. I think I will wait awhile if I read any of the others.

[Welther · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's not as obtuse as the Malkavian novel, but there are whole chapters, that should either not be here, or should be mostly rewritten. Chapters that are mainly there to lend a bit of much needed weight to the ending. The story practically has nothing to do with the rest of the clan novels - that's what I mean by "rewritten".
I think most of these books are three stars, but I'll give this one two; just to keep it one star higher than the Malkavian novel.
It's not uninteresting, but it feels like a it should be it's on thing. And it should definitely not be the penultimate of the thirteen.

[Noelia Granado · Rating 3 out of 5]

Novela del clan Tremere. Juego de tol de mesa Mundo de tinieblas, Vampiro, la mascarada.

[Trace Wiley · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun, if slightly confusing look into what academia would look like if it were populated entirely by vampires. Vicious, conniving vampires.

[Jonathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Leaves you wanting just a bit too much

Vampire sorcerers in the middle of a war. What more could you really want? Well, some of the scenes just kind of end, but feels like more could've been done. While good, there are times when it feels like more could've been to flesh out the story for a better flow.

[Ron · Rating 1 out of 5]

The vampire Chantry seems to be run like a preschool version of Hogwarts. It should be embarrassing to describe adults this way, but immortal hyper intelligent vampires?
It’s embarrassing to read.

[Anthony Alessi · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fantastic series if you are a fan or player of the Vampire the Masquerade Table Top game. I gave it a 3 because I don't recomend this series to those who are not.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nearing the end, still going strong

[Octa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the ultimate best writing, and my dislike for the Tremere seeps through. But deffinitely a good clan novel.

[Deadwish · Rating 2 out of 5]

reseña en proceso

[Jimmy J. Crantz · Rating 2 out of 5]

I just feel the novel could have been so much more. Two stars for becoming a somewhat interesting story toward the end.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars only because I love the Tremere.

[Beau Johnston · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book could have been a lot more interesting, blood mages have so much potential.