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The Tome of Bill #7
The Wicked Dead: The Tome of Bill, Book 7
THERE ARE REASONS WE FEAR THE NIGHT. NOW HE MUST BECOME ONE OF THEM
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My name’s Bill Ryder and I’m told I have an important destiny. I just didn’t expect it to involve an amnesiac bloodsucker, my old D&D group, and a pregnant witch. Whatever the case, it’s finally time for me to accept the prophecy hanging over my head – stupid as it might be.
Ordered to storm the vampire stronghold in Boston, I’ll need to confront an invincible undead warlord. He’s everything I’m not – strong, ruthless, and possessing six-pack abs. Worse, he’s about to unleash a godlike being of unimaginable power.
As enemies line up to kick my ass and the vicious beast inside me tries to claw its way out, I’ll need to stand tall and embrace my fate. If I succeed, I might just stop the coming apocalypse. But if not, then an unquenchable evil will arise to curb stomp me, my friends, and everything else I give a damn about.
Why can't the end of the world ever be easy?
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The Wicked Dead delivers a rollercoaster ride of bloody fight scenes, geeky in-jokes, and breakneck-paced action, offering the perfect vampire must-read for the 21st-century adult. For horror comedy fans who crave humor, suspense, and unforgettable characters, this installment of The Tome of Bill series will sink its teeth straight into your funny bone.
Buy The Wicked Dead to see this nerdy vamp fight for his life today!
My name’s Bill Ryder and I’m told I have an important destiny. I just didn’t expect it to involve an amnesiac bloodsucker, my old D&D group, and a pregnant witch. Whatever the case, it’s finally time for me to accept the prophecy hanging over my head – stupid as it might be.
Ordered to storm the vampire stronghold in Boston, I’ll need to confront an invincible undead warlord. He’s everything I’m not – strong, ruthless, and possessing six-pack abs. Worse, he’s about to unleash a godlike being of unimaginable power.
As enemies line up to kick my ass and the vicious beast inside me tries to claw its way out, I’ll need to stand tall and embrace my fate. If I succeed, I might just stop the coming apocalypse. But if not, then an unquenchable evil will arise to curb stomp me, my friends, and everything else I give a damn about.
Why can't the end of the world ever be easy?
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The Wicked Dead delivers a rollercoaster ride of bloody fight scenes, geeky in-jokes, and breakneck-paced action, offering the perfect vampire must-read for the 21st-century adult. For horror comedy fans who crave humor, suspense, and unforgettable characters, this installment of The Tome of Bill series will sink its teeth straight into your funny bone.
Buy The Wicked Dead to see this nerdy vamp fight for his life today!
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First published December 11, 2015
About the author
Rick Gualtieri
74 books769 followersRick Gualtieri loves to write adventure, mayhem, and snarky dialogue. His bestselling Tome of Bill series combines all of this into a world of supernatural danger with hard-hitting action and plenty of sharp-tongued geeky humor.
Rick lives alone in a dark, evil place called New Jersey with only his wife, three kids, and countless pets to both keep him company and constantly plot against him. When he's not busy monkey-clicking out words, he can typically be found jealously guarding his collection of vintage Transformers from all who would seek to defile them.
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Email: rickg.author@gmail.com
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Rick lives alone in a dark, evil place called New Jersey with only his wife, three kids, and countless pets to both keep him company and constantly plot against him. When he's not busy monkey-clicking out words, he can typically be found jealously guarding his collection of vintage Transformers from all who would seek to defile them.
Defilers beware!
Email: rickg.author@gmail.com
Facebook: facebook.com/RickGualtieriAuthor
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July 27, 2016
This is book 7 of the Tome of Bill vampire series. It's an urban fantasy novel that's rated 4.35/5.0, is 526 pages, and I rated it 5.0.
I read this while traveling. It made me laugh out loud many times. It has great characters and I liked the story in this one better than book 6.
In this book, Bill's Dungeon and Dragons group gets turned into vampires, he's still in love with multiple women, he's still struggling to control his inner demon, and he still has to save the world from an ubber freewill vampire, rock monsters (again) and other magic forces (you'll see).
The ending satisfying enough, but it's open ended like the previous one, as if the story just goes on and on. I usually don't like this approach, but Rick Gualtieri makes it work.
Good read, fun book. I recommend it.
I read this while traveling. It made me laugh out loud many times. It has great characters and I liked the story in this one better than book 6.
In this book, Bill's Dungeon and Dragons group gets turned into vampires, he's still in love with multiple women, he's still struggling to control his inner demon, and he still has to save the world from an ubber freewill vampire, rock monsters (again) and other magic forces (you'll see).
The ending satisfying enough, but it's open ended like the previous one, as if the story just goes on and on. I usually don't like this approach, but Rick Gualtieri makes it work.
Good read, fun book. I recommend it.
November 25, 2015
Bill finds himself fighting the greatest threat yet, and Gualtieri keeps outdoing himself in this department. I was given an ARC copy of this, and so I read it before there was a finished project of perfection, and I still would give the story 5 stars. Gualtieri spins humor into the end of the world and it fits. While, like the last two, the humor mutes a bit as it IS leading to the end of the world, it remains. I also ruined Gualtieri's perfect search history with a question about the novel.
Reasons to read--
-Obviously, it's a continuation, and you need to know what happens.
- Strong female leads that start taking the story with them.
- Bill continues to grow as a person and vampire, which is contradicting, and it works.
- Questions are answered, and more questions arise.
Reasons not to read -
- You haven't read the others. Go rectify that.
- You don't like good characters.
- About one thing drove me nuts during this story, but I can't say what it is. And I don't know if it was fixed or not! But I still gave it 5 stars, so... you know...
Reasons to read--
-Obviously, it's a continuation, and you need to know what happens.
- Strong female leads that start taking the story with them.
- Bill continues to grow as a person and vampire, which is contradicting, and it works.
- Questions are answered, and more questions arise.
Reasons not to read -
- You haven't read the others. Go rectify that.
- You don't like good characters.
- About one thing drove me nuts during this story, but I can't say what it is. And I don't know if it was fixed or not! But I still gave it 5 stars, so... you know...
June 20, 2016
I only just discovered "The Tome of Bill" and have read all the available books one after the other. They are a very entertaining take on the vampire genre, and I don't remember the last time I laughed so loudly or so often. In between the laughs there are some genuine thrills and spills too, and the whole thing is an emotional rollercoaster - scream if you want to go faster. Be prepared to care about particular vampires in the way you haven't since Spike and Angel in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" - this series is like Buffy for adults, but so much better than that sounds, now I have read it back to myself.
March 11, 2020
The Wicked Dead written by Rick Gualtieri & narrated by Christopher John Fetherolf. This time around Bill and friends are put to the task of taking care of the Destroyer! Bill has to settle things with Evil Bill before facing the Destroyer. Sally was compelled by none other than Alexander the Great to forget Bill & his friends & Christie found out something that could have made her not want to be involved with Bill and friends. Once again we’re in a place sitting at the edge of our seats trying to figure out how they are going to succeed.
What are some things that I’ve enjoyed about this book? Bill is really stepping up to me, he faced his evil self, he faced the destroyer, and he actually made the decision to give up his life to save others (When I say give up his life, this isn’t a spoiler just a few times he was willing to do so). We got a full fight scene with Evil Bill to actually gauge his true strength. Gan is legendary in my book, she always comes in right when she’s needed. I was in disbelief when Alex was compelled that caught me off guard. With all the build up of him being the strongest person in the book the ending really surprised me.
What are some things that I didn’t enjoy about this book? Bill and Sally, after all these books I don’t think it was fair for Evil Bill to knock Bill out after he fought Turd. I feel like quite a few cans of conflict were opened in this book and I don’t think one more book will wrap the story up well but I could be wrong since the next book is a little over eighteen hours long. I still don’t really understand why they want Ed so bad, I get his an anomaly but what’s his purpose, I feel like Ed is more important that Sheila at this point. Bill is also getting kind of dark or numb it’s out of character for him, he kind of just shrugged the dudes he brought along to help after lying to them about what was going on.
This is the seventh book I’ve listened to from Rick Gualtieri. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, between the banter, action, conflict, and mystery I must say I can’t wait to listen to the last book. The reveal of the actual first really caught me off guard at the end of this book. Bill actually seemed a little more mature in this book as he’s realizing how serious things really are. I purchased book 1-4 via a bundle I have enjoyed reviewing these books I will continue with book 8.
What are some things that I’ve enjoyed about this book? Bill is really stepping up to me, he faced his evil self, he faced the destroyer, and he actually made the decision to give up his life to save others (When I say give up his life, this isn’t a spoiler just a few times he was willing to do so). We got a full fight scene with Evil Bill to actually gauge his true strength. Gan is legendary in my book, she always comes in right when she’s needed. I was in disbelief when Alex was compelled that caught me off guard. With all the build up of him being the strongest person in the book the ending really surprised me.
What are some things that I didn’t enjoy about this book? Bill and Sally, after all these books I don’t think it was fair for Evil Bill to knock Bill out after he fought Turd. I feel like quite a few cans of conflict were opened in this book and I don’t think one more book will wrap the story up well but I could be wrong since the next book is a little over eighteen hours long. I still don’t really understand why they want Ed so bad, I get his an anomaly but what’s his purpose, I feel like Ed is more important that Sheila at this point. Bill is also getting kind of dark or numb it’s out of character for him, he kind of just shrugged the dudes he brought along to help after lying to them about what was going on.
This is the seventh book I’ve listened to from Rick Gualtieri. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, between the banter, action, conflict, and mystery I must say I can’t wait to listen to the last book. The reveal of the actual first really caught me off guard at the end of this book. Bill actually seemed a little more mature in this book as he’s realizing how serious things really are. I purchased book 1-4 via a bundle I have enjoyed reviewing these books I will continue with book 8.
August 22, 2021
5 wow, jaw on the ground stars. My reaction? Nope nope nope nope, didn't see that coming. Pretty much any of it. Still addictive as hell, yeah, but wow, this is nothing like those other trips.
Bottom line is that this book is an urban fantasy explosion to end all urban fantasy explosions. About the only thing missing was that Gualtieri passed on the opportunity to have tentacled kitchen sinks crawl in and smash around some rabid wereferrets or something. I really don't know how to track this book otherwise as so many of the layers after layers after layers we've been building up over the past ... 5? 6? 48? books came smashing together in one breath-taking and knee-buckling supernova of wowness. Otherwise put: if you like battle scenes, if you like intrique, if you like not really being sure who to trust from one page to the next, then hey, this is your jam.
I just want to end this review with my usual compliments of RG's work. His prose and editing prowress is fantastic, much better than you would expect!! at first glance with a series of books based on a nerdy vampire. The surprises he builds in are of the 'stand up and cheer like they do in that 'Avengers: Endgame'' video they're so good (and his Marvel references are very appreciated, too, to us True Believers). There are so many quotable bits in here as well - many of which I copied only to realize I was in fact harboring an illegal ledger of most of the book - that they literally are to die for. This is just damn good stuff ... and I can't wait to keep going. And after I finish this whole shebang, I'm going to go back and read all the '1/2' volumes, too. That's my quality promise from me to you ... and, no, in reality I am not an expensive health food store just making noise to get you to join our monthly coupon club. Though you really should try our fresh produce.
Far too silly, sorry. I really need to start finding some time to sleep. But it's just sooooo goooood! And yes, I'd like some good cheese with my whine... which you'll find in Aisle 7 along with many of our other everyday low-priced brand-name products.
Stay strong team, the immortal shit is about to hit the magick fan in just about every color of the rainbow! Bring your galoshes!
Bottom line is that this book is an urban fantasy explosion to end all urban fantasy explosions. About the only thing missing was that Gualtieri passed on the opportunity to have tentacled kitchen sinks crawl in and smash around some rabid wereferrets or something. I really don't know how to track this book otherwise as so many of the layers after layers after layers we've been building up over the past ... 5? 6? 48? books came smashing together in one breath-taking and knee-buckling supernova of wowness. Otherwise put: if you like battle scenes, if you like intrique, if you like not really being sure who to trust from one page to the next, then hey, this is your jam.
I just want to end this review with my usual compliments of RG's work. His prose and editing prowress is fantastic, much better than you would expect!! at first glance with a series of books based on a nerdy vampire. The surprises he builds in are of the 'stand up and cheer like they do in that 'Avengers: Endgame'' video they're so good (and his Marvel references are very appreciated, too, to us True Believers). There are so many quotable bits in here as well - many of which I copied only to realize I was in fact harboring an illegal ledger of most of the book - that they literally are to die for. This is just damn good stuff ... and I can't wait to keep going. And after I finish this whole shebang, I'm going to go back and read all the '1/2' volumes, too. That's my quality promise from me to you ... and, no, in reality I am not an expensive health food store just making noise to get you to join our monthly coupon club. Though you really should try our fresh produce.
Far too silly, sorry. I really need to start finding some time to sleep. But it's just sooooo goooood! And yes, I'd like some good cheese with my whine... which you'll find in Aisle 7 along with many of our other everyday low-priced brand-name products.
Stay strong team, the immortal shit is about to hit the magick fan in just about every color of the rainbow! Bring your galoshes!
July 21, 2017
Bill saves the day again, and almost dies...again!
I have read TONS of vamp stories, and quirky, nerdy Bill and his Scooby gang are among the best! They are the kind of characters that you make friends with, and cry for, and laugh out loud at.
I highly recommend this to anyone who likes a big fat helping of sass and hilarity with their supernatural fiction.
I have read TONS of vamp stories, and quirky, nerdy Bill and his Scooby gang are among the best! They are the kind of characters that you make friends with, and cry for, and laugh out loud at.
I highly recommend this to anyone who likes a big fat helping of sass and hilarity with their supernatural fiction.
October 21, 2018
The best yet
Wow! I don't think I've given any of the previous books 5 stars but this 1 deserved it. This book was also the the funniest of all the books in the series so far. They've all been clever and funny but this one was even more so. I'm about to read the next and last book and am sorry to see it end. Oh and Tom is special in his own way. NO SPOILERS!
Wow! I don't think I've given any of the previous books 5 stars but this 1 deserved it. This book was also the the funniest of all the books in the series so far. They've all been clever and funny but this one was even more so. I'm about to read the next and last book and am sorry to see it end. Oh and Tom is special in his own way. NO SPOILERS!
July 30, 2019
OMG! Can't wait to see what happens next. I've put this book down to read other series, but not because I was not enjoying it, but just because it is one of those books that you can come back to and not be completely lost. I love that about this series. I'm off to read #8 and find out what they have to do to save everyone!
September 13, 2025
Well the surprises keep coming and they don't stop comin
Whether they're skulls or hidden evil of millennia passed
we are approaching the end of this Arc/Series. and the battles are keeping my attention good enough.
Many more losses have come, and I worry about the next ones that will approach.
At least the action figure seems unscathed
Whether they're skulls or hidden evil of millennia passed
we are approaching the end of this Arc/Series. and the battles are keeping my attention good enough.
Many more losses have come, and I worry about the next ones that will approach.
At least the action figure seems unscathed
November 8, 2016
It does very well to further the story
Finally, some character growth to get past the snarky dialogue. It has a good pace, as well as telling you some of the back story covered in the other books. It was a good read.
Finally, some character growth to get past the snarky dialogue. It has a good pace, as well as telling you some of the back story covered in the other books. It was a good read.
November 16, 2016
I do enjoy this series, but this one wasn't as well-loved as some of the others. Possibly because there was not enough Sally time. I did enjoy some of the romantic entanglements though. Looking forward to the next book you see how it pans out.
June 29, 2019
3.5 to 4 stars. Another good book to add to this series. If you liked any of the others you should like this one as well. The series itself as a whole can be 4 to 4.5 stars. I will continue with the series.
December 12, 2019
The adventure continues
What started out as a series of fun, laugh out loud stories, has become a thrilling, almost epic adventure for some wonderful Characters! A star off because of the ending, but I'm glad it doesn't end here. Now to plunge into the next tale, YAY!
What started out as a series of fun, laugh out loud stories, has become a thrilling, almost epic adventure for some wonderful Characters! A star off because of the ending, but I'm glad it doesn't end here. Now to plunge into the next tale, YAY!
February 13, 2017
A reasonable continuation of the series. However, it dragged on a bit, too much wandering from place to place. A tighter plot would have been preferred.
June 28, 2017
Never Disappointing
Each one, better than the last. The stories are great but I enjoy the dialog most of all. I read this on Kindle Unlimited.
Each one, better than the last. The stories are great but I enjoy the dialog most of all. I read this on Kindle Unlimited.
July 14, 2017
Fun, snarky and filled with lots of adventure.
October 21, 2017
Fantastic
This series has been a fun and crazy ride. I can't wait to read the next book. Bill is great!
This series has been a fun and crazy ride. I can't wait to read the next book. Bill is great!
January 20, 2018
Love this series. Looking for more by this author
July 12, 2018
Still funny! I am really enjoying this series.
September 30, 2018
The wicked dead
Bill with his friends and allies get into a mess but fight for humanity and his friends. But the mess just gets worse. God help them.
Bill with his friends and allies get into a mess but fight for humanity and his friends. But the mess just gets worse. God help them.
November 19, 2018
I'm hoping things will get wrapped up soon, but i'm still enjoying these books.
July 22, 2019
I perservered now the end is in sight.
One thing Rick does is tell a good story and keep the flow going well.
One thing Rick does is tell a good story and keep the flow going well.
April 26, 2020
Whiny, milquetoast meatsack Bill is back in all his glory along with his motley group of friends. But once again he needs to step up, and he does it in a big way against his various enemies
April 28, 2020
Poor Bill, will anything go right for him!
May 24, 2020
This entire series is fast moving, original and a page turner
August 31, 2022
So without spoilers, This is a DAMNED good book. There are some ups and downs throughout the book but Gualtieri keeps you engaged on every page.
July 1, 2024
Couldn't finish it
January 26, 2017
loved it
February 10, 2017
Not my favorite - actually almost depressing - but necessary to set up the final book.
February 9, 2018
The story is still fantastic and this book was a great lead in to the next and final book in the series!
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