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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.
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.
283 pages, Paperback
First published July 6, 2000
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February 19, 2010
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.
February 10, 2012
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.
December 15, 2018
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.
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.
August 18, 2018
Full review here:
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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.
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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.
April 4, 2016
Very, very good. I enjoyed this one immensely. I really liked the insight into Clan Tremere!
April 1, 2016
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.
June 20, 2026
I do not recognise the bodies in the water
This is a bit of a weirder entry in this series. Which just kind of gives away how this event wasn't really well thought through
The events here are kind of sold as being an in universe equivalent to the Clan Invasion in BattleTech. Where a series of events upturn stuff and create a new status quo... but it ends up making the changing of the status quo _IS_ the status quo. Which... is kind of an ironic idea to happen for a society of immortals whose existence is meant to escape death and change (not taxes though--they ain't picking a fight with the IRS, they are vampires not crazy)
This book is given an opening with the ending of the last book. Which kind of makes it seem even more pointless. Yes, Theo's character is confirmed for what sort of person he would obviously be. Just explicidly stated
I do not recognise the bodies in the water
It seems the change over of the Eastern Sea Board is mostly because the Camarilla is too young to be as established in Europe. Mixed with the Camarilla in Europe being a very required existence to stop the Sabbat from having Hunters end all the vampires in response to their nonsense
Between leadership being a bit on the green side, the predescessor clans still existing in various forms to take out Clan Tremere and Clan Giovanni. Mixed with the Eye of Hazam-el wanting to remove his own clan's childes--as well as as many kin in the vicinity as possible
A lot of the events are stuff that was a long time coming. Including the various plants Sabbat put into the Camarilla
It just kind of ends up springing all at once
I do not recognise the bodies in the water
This book includes a lot of the asides featuring the Clan Tremere from previous books in this series. Stuff that I got annoyed, as those previous books did not keep to the theme of this project. Honestly those worked better as Tremere asides in the previous books, as most of the events here seems completely seperate from the rest of the events
I dunno--they could have done this event better. There are several clear actors in these events, that are acting at the same time. Perhaps if those various different actors showed up in a similar amount of places as Leopold? Leopold kind of has started to feel like Zoidberg of this event. Like the past is coming back to haunt these various factions, mixed with errors of the past due to how green the leaders actually are and a few other things. So a good chunk of these books are just some standard combat which has the tide coming in to favour the Sabbat (though that is temporary)... and there is a bit with Leopold
I guess feeling like those squirrels and those nuts in the Ice Age movies. Except it is Leopold and instead of a nut, it is him creating weird art that makes Malkavians explode. Like if Wile E Coyote painted a tunnel on a cliff face... and it make Malkavians explode
This whole series is sloppy in a similar way various cinematic attempts at a cinematic universe were when they attempted to copy the MCU
I do enjoy it. Yum yum yum more vampire slop. Though, I'm not certain how much I'd recommend it as good
It is more selling a breakfast, "you hungry, ain't you?"--as well, yeah, I'd eat a cold cereal with that slogan... but like... it would be to fill an empty spot--but not to bring joy
I do not recognise the bodies in the water. My lip trembles--the blood does not believe me
This is a bit of a weirder entry in this series. Which just kind of gives away how this event wasn't really well thought through
The events here are kind of sold as being an in universe equivalent to the Clan Invasion in BattleTech. Where a series of events upturn stuff and create a new status quo... but it ends up making the changing of the status quo _IS_ the status quo. Which... is kind of an ironic idea to happen for a society of immortals whose existence is meant to escape death and change (not taxes though--they ain't picking a fight with the IRS, they are vampires not crazy)
This book is given an opening with the ending of the last book. Which kind of makes it seem even more pointless. Yes, Theo's character is confirmed for what sort of person he would obviously be. Just explicidly stated
I do not recognise the bodies in the water
It seems the change over of the Eastern Sea Board is mostly because the Camarilla is too young to be as established in Europe. Mixed with the Camarilla in Europe being a very required existence to stop the Sabbat from having Hunters end all the vampires in response to their nonsense
Between leadership being a bit on the green side, the predescessor clans still existing in various forms to take out Clan Tremere and Clan Giovanni. Mixed with the Eye of Hazam-el wanting to remove his own clan's childes--as well as as many kin in the vicinity as possible
A lot of the events are stuff that was a long time coming. Including the various plants Sabbat put into the Camarilla
It just kind of ends up springing all at once
I do not recognise the bodies in the water
This book includes a lot of the asides featuring the Clan Tremere from previous books in this series. Stuff that I got annoyed, as those previous books did not keep to the theme of this project. Honestly those worked better as Tremere asides in the previous books, as most of the events here seems completely seperate from the rest of the events
I dunno--they could have done this event better. There are several clear actors in these events, that are acting at the same time. Perhaps if those various different actors showed up in a similar amount of places as Leopold? Leopold kind of has started to feel like Zoidberg of this event. Like the past is coming back to haunt these various factions, mixed with errors of the past due to how green the leaders actually are and a few other things. So a good chunk of these books are just some standard combat which has the tide coming in to favour the Sabbat (though that is temporary)... and there is a bit with Leopold
I guess feeling like those squirrels and those nuts in the Ice Age movies. Except it is Leopold and instead of a nut, it is him creating weird art that makes Malkavians explode. Like if Wile E Coyote painted a tunnel on a cliff face... and it make Malkavians explode
This whole series is sloppy in a similar way various cinematic attempts at a cinematic universe were when they attempted to copy the MCU
I do enjoy it. Yum yum yum more vampire slop. Though, I'm not certain how much I'd recommend it as good
It is more selling a breakfast, "you hungry, ain't you?"--as well, yeah, I'd eat a cold cereal with that slogan... but like... it would be to fill an empty spot--but not to bring joy
I do not recognise the bodies in the water. My lip trembles--the blood does not believe me
June 2, 2025
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.
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.
January 9, 2019
Novela del clan Tremere. Juego de tol de mesa Mundo de tinieblas, Vampiro, la mascarada.
April 21, 2024
A fun, if slightly confusing look into what academia would look like if it were populated entirely by vampires. Vicious, conniving vampires.
June 30, 2026
Trochę mi się dłuży już ta seria. Zdecydowanie rozwlekają. Tutaj mamy kilka rozdziałów przepisanych z poprzednich części, tylko z uzupełnieniami. Taka leniwa twórczość.
November 2, 2020
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.
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.
March 24, 2025
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.
It’s embarrassing to read.
February 14, 2011
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.
February 22, 2019
Nearing the end, still going strong
May 25, 2013
Not the ultimate best writing, and my dislike for the Tremere seeps through. But deffinitely a good clan novel.
December 30, 2015
reseña en proceso
June 12, 2016
I just feel the novel could have been so much more. Two stars for becoming a somewhat interesting story toward the end.
October 30, 2007
4 stars only because I love the Tremere.
March 2, 2014
This book could have been a lot more interesting, blood mages have so much potential.
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