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Vampire Apocalypse #1
Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder
This is the first book in Derek Gunn's Vampire Apocalypse series.
The war is over and the Vampires have won. The drying up of the world's oil resources leads to the fabled End of Days. Technology stagnates and communities grow ever more insular. With communication between cities lost and attention turned inward, the vampires rise from the shadows where they have survived for centuries and sweep across the globe.
By the time word spreads it is far too late and Vampires enslave humanity and keep them in walled cities to breed. The Vampires are masters of the darkness but maintain control by day through the use of Thralls - humans who have been bitten but have not yet crossed over, and whose inhuman lusts make daylight as terrifying as night.
In the midst of chaos, a small band of rebels lead a terrified existence, but their survival is threatened by the Vampire's new scanning procedures. Peter Harris is an ordinary man. Young and reckless, he is frustrated with the group's stagnation and pushes for one more daring mission. His recklessness has exposed the group - but it has also increased the size of their community. Now, as circumstances force them to take the offensive, and accompanied by a small group of professional Vampire assassins, John will make one last stand for humanity's survival in the Vampire Apocalypse.
The war is over and the Vampires have won. The drying up of the world's oil resources leads to the fabled End of Days. Technology stagnates and communities grow ever more insular. With communication between cities lost and attention turned inward, the vampires rise from the shadows where they have survived for centuries and sweep across the globe.
By the time word spreads it is far too late and Vampires enslave humanity and keep them in walled cities to breed. The Vampires are masters of the darkness but maintain control by day through the use of Thralls - humans who have been bitten but have not yet crossed over, and whose inhuman lusts make daylight as terrifying as night.
In the midst of chaos, a small band of rebels lead a terrified existence, but their survival is threatened by the Vampire's new scanning procedures. Peter Harris is an ordinary man. Young and reckless, he is frustrated with the group's stagnation and pushes for one more daring mission. His recklessness has exposed the group - but it has also increased the size of their community. Now, as circumstances force them to take the offensive, and accompanied by a small group of professional Vampire assassins, John will make one last stand for humanity's survival in the Vampire Apocalypse.
216 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2006
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About the author
Derek Gunn
33 books83 followersDerek Gunn is the author of the critically acclaimed bestseller, Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder - the eBook alone has had over 100,000 downloads and has been described as “a Summer Blockbuster..” ~Gorezone, “An incredibly original piece of fiction “ ~Horror-Web, and “a terrific tale.” ~Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest.
Three more books have been published in this series, Descent into Chaos and Fallout and a fourth instalment in April 2014, Vampire Apocalypse, Trail of Tears.
In August 2012, Derek self published in eBook editions two novellas (The Diabolical Plan and The Island) and a novel (Crimson Seas) in his historical naval horror fiction series, The HMS Swift Adventures. These have been picked up by his publisher Permuted Press for reissue in 2014 as a single volume in print and eBook.
Derek also has a number of other stand alone novels published, The Estuary (Zombie fiction), The Gatekeeper (Apocalyptic Irish mythology thriller) and Gemini (Espionage thriller).
Derek’s short stories have been included in many anthologies including, from Signet Classics, Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves and Ghosts: 25 Tales of the Supernatural. The inclusion of his short story “The Third Option” fulfils a his childhood ambition to have a story of his included in an anthology with some of his literary heroes, as this collection also features works by Bram Stoker, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Ann Rice, Woody Allen, Charles Dickens, Henry James, Joe Hill, Yvonne Navarro, Rudyard Kipling, Angela Carter and many more.
Derek works as a specialist consultant for a global telecommunications company. He holds a degree in Marketing. He is a member of and a contributing editor for The International Thriller Writers Association and an active member of The Horror Writers Association.
Derek Gunn was born in 1964. He is married with three children and lives in Dublin, Ireland.
Three more books have been published in this series, Descent into Chaos and Fallout and a fourth instalment in April 2014, Vampire Apocalypse, Trail of Tears.
In August 2012, Derek self published in eBook editions two novellas (The Diabolical Plan and The Island) and a novel (Crimson Seas) in his historical naval horror fiction series, The HMS Swift Adventures. These have been picked up by his publisher Permuted Press for reissue in 2014 as a single volume in print and eBook.
Derek also has a number of other stand alone novels published, The Estuary (Zombie fiction), The Gatekeeper (Apocalyptic Irish mythology thriller) and Gemini (Espionage thriller).
Derek’s short stories have been included in many anthologies including, from Signet Classics, Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves and Ghosts: 25 Tales of the Supernatural. The inclusion of his short story “The Third Option” fulfils a his childhood ambition to have a story of his included in an anthology with some of his literary heroes, as this collection also features works by Bram Stoker, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Ann Rice, Woody Allen, Charles Dickens, Henry James, Joe Hill, Yvonne Navarro, Rudyard Kipling, Angela Carter and many more.
Derek works as a specialist consultant for a global telecommunications company. He holds a degree in Marketing. He is a member of and a contributing editor for The International Thriller Writers Association and an active member of The Horror Writers Association.
Derek Gunn was born in 1964. He is married with three children and lives in Dublin, Ireland.
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March 11, 2008
Reviewed for Amateur de Livre March/2008
As you might gather from the title, “Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder” by Derek Gunn is about humans trying to defeated a society of vampires and their thralls. Thralls are “humans who have been bitten, but not yet crossed over, and whose inhuman lusts make daylight as terrifying as night.” This book will capture the interest of any reader who enjoys occult/fantasy/vampire genres. I was hooked from the Prologue.
One of my favorite parts was the humans attempt to get supplies and survivors from the Vampire city. Their timing needs to be perfect, while the vampires are at the end of their shift and (hopefully) tired. “Group Nero, spread out across the green, used the trees for cover. The darkness was still dense enough to cover their approach, but the first tendrils of dawn were already beginning to make their presence felt on the horizon.”
My only issue with this book is the author should decide if his protagonist is named John Harris (like on the back of the book) or Peter Harris (as he’s called in the book itself). This book was a very thrilling read. I could only read it during the day though; it gave me a nightmare the first night. I will be looking for more by Derek Gunn in the future.
As you might gather from the title, “Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder” by Derek Gunn is about humans trying to defeated a society of vampires and their thralls. Thralls are “humans who have been bitten, but not yet crossed over, and whose inhuman lusts make daylight as terrifying as night.” This book will capture the interest of any reader who enjoys occult/fantasy/vampire genres. I was hooked from the Prologue.
One of my favorite parts was the humans attempt to get supplies and survivors from the Vampire city. Their timing needs to be perfect, while the vampires are at the end of their shift and (hopefully) tired. “Group Nero, spread out across the green, used the trees for cover. The darkness was still dense enough to cover their approach, but the first tendrils of dawn were already beginning to make their presence felt on the horizon.”
My only issue with this book is the author should decide if his protagonist is named John Harris (like on the back of the book) or Peter Harris (as he’s called in the book itself). This book was a very thrilling read. I could only read it during the day though; it gave me a nightmare the first night. I will be looking for more by Derek Gunn in the future.
August 13, 2008
Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder is one of my favourite books ever. When I came across this book and read the summary, I immediately ordered a copy to read. I had never heard of the author before, so I wasn't really sure what kind of writing to expect, and was open for any surprise. When the book arrived I started reading right away and I was so fascinated by the story I couldn't put it down.
The premise of the Vampire Apocalypse is that vampires rule the earth now and men are treated like slaves or cattle. But there are some humans left who still fight back against the vampires and gather to start a rebellion.
The premise of the Vampire Apocalypse is that vampires rule the earth now and men are treated like slaves or cattle. But there are some humans left who still fight back against the vampires and gather to start a rebellion.
July 21, 2014
The Vampire Apocalypse book 1, A World Torn Asunder, by Derek Gunn, is a pretty fantastic book. I don't say this often, but I think it is deserved here. The reason being is that it breaks a lot of standards in traditional publishing, but it does it in a way that tickles me.
Imagine, if you will, humanity devastated by a war with vampires. A war that humans have lost. The vampires control the world's major cities and keep the human population under control with a serum that renders them sedated and unable to fight back. Within an unnamed city (If the city was named, I missed it), there's an uprising occurring. Harris is among a group of rebels, you could call them, that have found a way to avoid the vampire's serum and are building their army to fight back and retake their home. What results is a strange mix of Saving Private Ryan and the Underworld movies. Which, for a guy like me, means a very fun and exciting read. The battle scenes are brutal and violent and, sometimes, very realistic-feeling. Other times, the battle sways into the land of fantasy. However, these battle scenes, along with the evolution of the rebel army is the novel's biggest strength, in my opinion. I don't think this novel was really meant to be a serious character study rich with plot. It's a war story. With Vampires.
Having said that, this book is not perfect. No novel is. My biggest problem came with the opening scene. It has some questionable motives in it, especially the part with the parents and their kids (I don't want to spoil it). No parent, in my mind, would do that. My second biggest problem comes with the rules of the vampires themselves. I don't like how they shape shift so much and into whatever they want. Or so it seems. If they're to be shape shifters, they should have more barriers, in my opinion. Don't let any of this spoil it for you, though. This is a fun book to read, and the best part? It's just the beginning.
There is a new feature with this opinion piece/review. It is what I like to call the CHUD-Dweller rating. If you don't know what C.H.U.D. is, then you need to educate yourself.
Imagine, if you will, humanity devastated by a war with vampires. A war that humans have lost. The vampires control the world's major cities and keep the human population under control with a serum that renders them sedated and unable to fight back. Within an unnamed city (If the city was named, I missed it), there's an uprising occurring. Harris is among a group of rebels, you could call them, that have found a way to avoid the vampire's serum and are building their army to fight back and retake their home. What results is a strange mix of Saving Private Ryan and the Underworld movies. Which, for a guy like me, means a very fun and exciting read. The battle scenes are brutal and violent and, sometimes, very realistic-feeling. Other times, the battle sways into the land of fantasy. However, these battle scenes, along with the evolution of the rebel army is the novel's biggest strength, in my opinion. I don't think this novel was really meant to be a serious character study rich with plot. It's a war story. With Vampires.
Having said that, this book is not perfect. No novel is. My biggest problem came with the opening scene. It has some questionable motives in it, especially the part with the parents and their kids (I don't want to spoil it). No parent, in my mind, would do that. My second biggest problem comes with the rules of the vampires themselves. I don't like how they shape shift so much and into whatever they want. Or so it seems. If they're to be shape shifters, they should have more barriers, in my opinion. Don't let any of this spoil it for you, though. This is a fun book to read, and the best part? It's just the beginning.
There is a new feature with this opinion piece/review. It is what I like to call the CHUD-Dweller rating. If you don't know what C.H.U.D. is, then you need to educate yourself.
June 16, 2012
My first impression of the book was that it reminded me of The Vampire Earth series by E. E. Knight and I was worried that it'd be too much the same. However, it holds it own pretty well with a completely different storyline and a decent set of characters.
The vampires here are of the old familiar kind but, with the fall of technology they seize their chance to dominate the now-disorganized mankind using our ample supply of low-lives and scum as thralls.
It's nothing astoundingly novel but it all hangs together well and I enjoyed reading it.
The vampires here are of the old familiar kind but, with the fall of technology they seize their chance to dominate the now-disorganized mankind using our ample supply of low-lives and scum as thralls.
It's nothing astoundingly novel but it all hangs together well and I enjoyed reading it.
March 31, 2012
It's nice to read a book where vampires aren't portrayed as something to swoon over. These vamps were ugly, smelly, evil creatures. The story was fast paced with a ton of battle scenes between the earth's survivors and the vampires who had taken over the world.
January 28, 2012
This was a great book that kept me burning through the pages. Much nail biting and cheering went on while I was reading this one. Looking forward to reading the next one!
November 5, 2012
I love vampires, and I love action. But as much as I love those two elements in stories, I struggled with this one.
The two most distracting things that I experienced, and that I'm seeing in other people's reviews, is bad grammar and character point-of-view that is all over the place. This makes it hard to read, so primarily it really needed a better edit.
The other thing that brought it down a notch for me was the fact that the action outweighs the plot. There are good plot ideas there, but they need better execution and more importance. This book was about 85% fight, explosion, gore, and more fight. But very little attention was given to the in-between of living through the characters. And while that sort of thing works in visual cinematic format, it gets tedious in novel format. I found myself skimming through all the fight scenes and started looking for characters to latch onto. But most of them felt like empty names with very little definition or background mentioned until about half-way through the book. I got the feeling that most of the cast was meant to be fodder for the fight scenes, rather than people of interest. This was eventually what almost made me put the book down.
What did I like about it? This book does have potential to have real substance. The Epilogue, of all things, shows this. I like the idea of a world run by vampires and humans fighting back. I think the idea of throwing together different kinds of people and forcing them to work together is an interesting challenge that should have been explored more. The author does have a knack for describing good battle tactics and scenes, but I think less would have been more -- either through shorter or less frequent encounters -- in order to give the protagonists and antagonists a better chance to flesh out. His vampires were nasty. I wanted to see more development for them.
I wanted to like this book, but in the end I couldn't attach to anyone. The grammar and pov were difficult. And the excessive use of fight scenes ended up losing my interest. It was okay, but I think I'm disappointed it wasn't better.
The two most distracting things that I experienced, and that I'm seeing in other people's reviews, is bad grammar and character point-of-view that is all over the place. This makes it hard to read, so primarily it really needed a better edit.
The other thing that brought it down a notch for me was the fact that the action outweighs the plot. There are good plot ideas there, but they need better execution and more importance. This book was about 85% fight, explosion, gore, and more fight. But very little attention was given to the in-between of living through the characters. And while that sort of thing works in visual cinematic format, it gets tedious in novel format. I found myself skimming through all the fight scenes and started looking for characters to latch onto. But most of them felt like empty names with very little definition or background mentioned until about half-way through the book. I got the feeling that most of the cast was meant to be fodder for the fight scenes, rather than people of interest. This was eventually what almost made me put the book down.
What did I like about it? This book does have potential to have real substance. The Epilogue, of all things, shows this. I like the idea of a world run by vampires and humans fighting back. I think the idea of throwing together different kinds of people and forcing them to work together is an interesting challenge that should have been explored more. The author does have a knack for describing good battle tactics and scenes, but I think less would have been more -- either through shorter or less frequent encounters -- in order to give the protagonists and antagonists a better chance to flesh out. His vampires were nasty. I wanted to see more development for them.
I wanted to like this book, but in the end I couldn't attach to anyone. The grammar and pov were difficult. And the excessive use of fight scenes ended up losing my interest. It was okay, but I think I'm disappointed it wasn't better.
December 26, 2011
Apocalypse meet vampires, I'm sure you two will get along great. In this story humanity has really messed things up and is in a world of trouble that's all our own fault. As if the end of the world wasn't enough though, now the vampires have decided that humanity is no longer organized enough to be any kind of a threat and come out in the open to conquer and enslave. Humans are now cattle, drugged into submission, and constantly on tap to feed the vamps. There is a glimmer of hope however, in the form of a small group of resistance fighters that have found ways to avoid the drugs and are now fighting back for real.
I have to say this combination worked great for me. It just makes sense that if vampires did exist and we all but wiped out technology and began isolating ourselves in ever smaller communities with little to no communication to the outside, then those vampires would see this as a great chance to take over with little to no risk. And as happens here it would be simple for them. The serum used afterward just makes sense, the vampires aren't stupid, they would come up with ways to control their food. No aspect of the story seems unlikely at all, and the author does a great job of telling it. If you like vampires, or end of the world scenario stories then I couldn't recommend this one highly enough, you will definitely enjoy it.
I have to say this combination worked great for me. It just makes sense that if vampires did exist and we all but wiped out technology and began isolating ourselves in ever smaller communities with little to no communication to the outside, then those vampires would see this as a great chance to take over with little to no risk. And as happens here it would be simple for them. The serum used afterward just makes sense, the vampires aren't stupid, they would come up with ways to control their food. No aspect of the story seems unlikely at all, and the author does a great job of telling it. If you like vampires, or end of the world scenario stories then I couldn't recommend this one highly enough, you will definitely enjoy it.
November 2, 2012
Although this book starts a little slow, stick with it as it turns out to be 1 of the best reads I've read this year!!
I admit that when I first started, some months ago, I only got a few pages in to it and gave up. This time around though, having started from the beginning again, I stayed focused on it and I was really surprised!
The outline to the overall plot is a great concept and you get sucked straight in to the thick of it!!
The book is broken down in to several story lines that all end up in the same place. As I mentioned earlier, the first part is a bit slow in getting to the main parts, but is essential to set the scene.
There is 1 main character throughout, a guy called Peter Harris. There are several secondary characters make up the other story plots also and these are very crucial to the overall story.
I have 1 other criticism about this book, in that there are parts of it that jump from story to story without it actually making sense, BUT, if you re-read them you actually can see it in movie form in your mind so in essence it does make sense.
Overall a brilliant read with great characters and settings; I shall definitely be getting the other books in the series.
I admit that when I first started, some months ago, I only got a few pages in to it and gave up. This time around though, having started from the beginning again, I stayed focused on it and I was really surprised!
The outline to the overall plot is a great concept and you get sucked straight in to the thick of it!!
The book is broken down in to several story lines that all end up in the same place. As I mentioned earlier, the first part is a bit slow in getting to the main parts, but is essential to set the scene.
There is 1 main character throughout, a guy called Peter Harris. There are several secondary characters make up the other story plots also and these are very crucial to the overall story.
I have 1 other criticism about this book, in that there are parts of it that jump from story to story without it actually making sense, BUT, if you re-read them you actually can see it in movie form in your mind so in essence it does make sense.
Overall a brilliant read with great characters and settings; I shall definitely be getting the other books in the series.
December 28, 2011
Okay writing that somewhat brought down a good plot. The transition between character viewpoints was somewhat confusing at times the way that the writer would shift between four characters in four different paragraphs back to back to back with no sign of a break or a change for the reader. Most writers distinguish a change of some sort by something like
*****
or just a gap like
but there was nothing of the sort here and so sometimes I found myself reading and reading and realizing that I was in the middle of a different person's thoughts and then back tracking to figure out when the switch that I had missed had happened.
Other than that I liked the plot, but what I wanted more of was detail on the truly ancient vampires. Other than one instance where the head honcho mentioned that he had marched to war with Alexander there wasn't much there at all. What had he done for the last 2,300 years? What else had he accomplished? What skills did he have or knowledge? The vampires fell a little flat I suppose as far as characters go.
*****
or just a gap like
but there was nothing of the sort here and so sometimes I found myself reading and reading and realizing that I was in the middle of a different person's thoughts and then back tracking to figure out when the switch that I had missed had happened.
Other than that I liked the plot, but what I wanted more of was detail on the truly ancient vampires. Other than one instance where the head honcho mentioned that he had marched to war with Alexander there wasn't much there at all. What had he done for the last 2,300 years? What else had he accomplished? What skills did he have or knowledge? The vampires fell a little flat I suppose as far as characters go.
July 9, 2016
I finished reading the first book in the Vampire Apocalypse series by Derek Gunn some time ago. I loved it. I'm looking forward to reading the next book and definitely recommend them. The first book, A World Torn Asunder, isn't high art but it's a nice post-apocalypse novel and it's a decent vampire novel. Heck, it's a nice piece of military fiction. That's the short version and all you really need to know about it. Everything else is just icing on the case. Still, if you want to know specifics, keep on reading.
A World Torn Asunder is a nice introduction to the Post-Apocalyptic world of Vampire Apocalypse. It avoids a lot of the pitfalls I've always had with zombie apocalypses. Specifically, 'how can people be so stupid to lose the entire planet to these guys?' George Romero has slow moving cannibal creatures destroy the world's population, despite the fact the military should be able to wipe them up very quickly. Yeah, I know it's social satire but that doesn't excuse some basic issues of storytelling. Was the military was on coffee break that week? Soldiers strike? Throw me a bone here.
While vampires taking over the planet is not quite as difficult to believe as zombies, there's still the question of 'how exactly do these people take over?' Derek Gunn's vampires can't exist in the daytime and die if you set them on fire. That's a pretty big pair of weaknesses. It's not like White Wolf's World of Darkness where the Antediluvians can just kill a million people by thinking hard and are immune to everything up to and including nuclear weapons.
Thankfully, the author handles the issue by having the world decaying before the vampires seize power. It reminds me a great deal of the Road Warrior's description of how humanity fell to chaos. What was the narrator's description?
Oh yes.
"To understand who he was, you have to go back to another time. When the world was powered by the black fuel. And the desert sprouted great cities of pipe and steel. Gone now, swept away. For reasons long forgotten, two mighty warrior tribes went to war and touched off a blaze which engulfed them all. Without fuel, they were nothing. They built a house of straw. The thundering machines sputtered and stopped. Their leaders talked and talked and talked. But nothing could stem the avalanche. Their world crumbled. The cities exploded. A whirlwind of looting, a firestorm of fear. Men began to feed on men."
The short version, described in the prologue, is that humanity has been cut off from the Middle East's oil supply by instabilities in the region. As a result, the rest of the world has fallen into economic chaos. The United States has split into fifty separate countries and everywhere else is equally ****ed. It's not entirely believable but it's enough to satisfy my suspension of disbelief. Really, without oil to power society, the world is going to collapse. Alternative energy be damned.
The depiction of small town life in the opening chapters really appealed to me. I grew up in a small town and believe me, if you want to take over the world you should start in Ashland, Ky. Russians could invade and it would be a month before the state government noticed. Plus, I'll be honest, I'm pretty sure my neighbors would sell my family out to the vampires for an extra foot of yard space.
So, obviously, I'll sell them out first when the vampire revolution comes.
*ahem*
I won't post any spoilers but the shocking swerve at the end of the vampire "takeover" process left me feeling a little sick. It was a nice way to introduce our villains and show us just how dangerous they are. The fact that they take over through simple force and no tricks is also a nice change. Too often, authors try and depict vampires as a race of Emperor Palpatines using every magnificent bastard trick in the book to stay ahead of their enemies. It's about the only thing good in the Star Wars prequels, but I think there's something to be said for brute force. When forced between dying and their children dying or serving as a slave, most people will choose to be a slave.
That's just my experience. *shifts his eyes* By the way, all those worlds I've enslaved had it coming.
I won't bother describing the post-vampire takeover world other than to say it's nicely imagined as Hell on Earth. Humans live in camps as literal fodder for the vampires and they are guarded by traitors to the human race, people rewarded with slaves picked from the most attractive prisoners. Derek Gunn doesn't go into detail about that particular aspect, but it nicely reflects the world is a horrible place to live and there's nothing remotely sympathetic about its vampire rulers. No sparkly vampire romanticism here (not that there's anything wrong with that - I quickly tell my wife).
The majority of the book's later half is about a squadron of survivors who are doing their best to survive despite the slow decimation of their ranks. The majority of humanity is kept drugged out of their minds so there's not much in the way of a resistance as our story begins but our heroes are trying to change that. Despite that, their heroism never comes off as unbelievable and it neatly avoids the "one great man" theory of human leadership. There's a lot of people who serve in the Human Resistance and all of their contributions count. I love Terminator but it seems a bit of a cop-out to say that if not for John Conner, the entirety of humanity would roll over and die.
Overall, I really enjoyed the treatment of vampires. Are they 'Always Chaotic Evil' psychopaths who are irredeemably evil from their transformation? Yes. After so many years of poor misunderstood vampires, I'm more than happy to just watch them revert to their soulless evil bloodsucker roots. The main vampire, Nero, is a monstrous scumbag with no redeeming qualities and there's nothing wrong with that. It makes the situation for the humans all the more desperate.
I'm not the kind of guy who gushes over books but I I really enjoyed this one. It was a nice remedy to an overworked schedule and all manner of depressing things going on with my life. Sometimes, you just want to read about a squadron of desperate resistance fighters blowing the hell out of the undead.
Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder is a book about fighting vampires, survival, and inspiring but believable protagonists. As fiction goes, you could do a lot worse. You know, if you like post-apocalyptic fiction about vampires running feeding pens straight out of your worst nightmares.
Maybe it's an acquired taste.
9/10
A World Torn Asunder is a nice introduction to the Post-Apocalyptic world of Vampire Apocalypse. It avoids a lot of the pitfalls I've always had with zombie apocalypses. Specifically, 'how can people be so stupid to lose the entire planet to these guys?' George Romero has slow moving cannibal creatures destroy the world's population, despite the fact the military should be able to wipe them up very quickly. Yeah, I know it's social satire but that doesn't excuse some basic issues of storytelling. Was the military was on coffee break that week? Soldiers strike? Throw me a bone here.
While vampires taking over the planet is not quite as difficult to believe as zombies, there's still the question of 'how exactly do these people take over?' Derek Gunn's vampires can't exist in the daytime and die if you set them on fire. That's a pretty big pair of weaknesses. It's not like White Wolf's World of Darkness where the Antediluvians can just kill a million people by thinking hard and are immune to everything up to and including nuclear weapons.
Thankfully, the author handles the issue by having the world decaying before the vampires seize power. It reminds me a great deal of the Road Warrior's description of how humanity fell to chaos. What was the narrator's description?
Oh yes.
"To understand who he was, you have to go back to another time. When the world was powered by the black fuel. And the desert sprouted great cities of pipe and steel. Gone now, swept away. For reasons long forgotten, two mighty warrior tribes went to war and touched off a blaze which engulfed them all. Without fuel, they were nothing. They built a house of straw. The thundering machines sputtered and stopped. Their leaders talked and talked and talked. But nothing could stem the avalanche. Their world crumbled. The cities exploded. A whirlwind of looting, a firestorm of fear. Men began to feed on men."
The short version, described in the prologue, is that humanity has been cut off from the Middle East's oil supply by instabilities in the region. As a result, the rest of the world has fallen into economic chaos. The United States has split into fifty separate countries and everywhere else is equally ****ed. It's not entirely believable but it's enough to satisfy my suspension of disbelief. Really, without oil to power society, the world is going to collapse. Alternative energy be damned.
The depiction of small town life in the opening chapters really appealed to me. I grew up in a small town and believe me, if you want to take over the world you should start in Ashland, Ky. Russians could invade and it would be a month before the state government noticed. Plus, I'll be honest, I'm pretty sure my neighbors would sell my family out to the vampires for an extra foot of yard space.
So, obviously, I'll sell them out first when the vampire revolution comes.
*ahem*
I won't post any spoilers but the shocking swerve at the end of the vampire "takeover" process left me feeling a little sick. It was a nice way to introduce our villains and show us just how dangerous they are. The fact that they take over through simple force and no tricks is also a nice change. Too often, authors try and depict vampires as a race of Emperor Palpatines using every magnificent bastard trick in the book to stay ahead of their enemies. It's about the only thing good in the Star Wars prequels, but I think there's something to be said for brute force. When forced between dying and their children dying or serving as a slave, most people will choose to be a slave.
That's just my experience. *shifts his eyes* By the way, all those worlds I've enslaved had it coming.
I won't bother describing the post-vampire takeover world other than to say it's nicely imagined as Hell on Earth. Humans live in camps as literal fodder for the vampires and they are guarded by traitors to the human race, people rewarded with slaves picked from the most attractive prisoners. Derek Gunn doesn't go into detail about that particular aspect, but it nicely reflects the world is a horrible place to live and there's nothing remotely sympathetic about its vampire rulers. No sparkly vampire romanticism here (not that there's anything wrong with that - I quickly tell my wife).
The majority of the book's later half is about a squadron of survivors who are doing their best to survive despite the slow decimation of their ranks. The majority of humanity is kept drugged out of their minds so there's not much in the way of a resistance as our story begins but our heroes are trying to change that. Despite that, their heroism never comes off as unbelievable and it neatly avoids the "one great man" theory of human leadership. There's a lot of people who serve in the Human Resistance and all of their contributions count. I love Terminator but it seems a bit of a cop-out to say that if not for John Conner, the entirety of humanity would roll over and die.
Overall, I really enjoyed the treatment of vampires. Are they 'Always Chaotic Evil' psychopaths who are irredeemably evil from their transformation? Yes. After so many years of poor misunderstood vampires, I'm more than happy to just watch them revert to their soulless evil bloodsucker roots. The main vampire, Nero, is a monstrous scumbag with no redeeming qualities and there's nothing wrong with that. It makes the situation for the humans all the more desperate.
I'm not the kind of guy who gushes over books but I I really enjoyed this one. It was a nice remedy to an overworked schedule and all manner of depressing things going on with my life. Sometimes, you just want to read about a squadron of desperate resistance fighters blowing the hell out of the undead.
Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder is a book about fighting vampires, survival, and inspiring but believable protagonists. As fiction goes, you could do a lot worse. You know, if you like post-apocalyptic fiction about vampires running feeding pens straight out of your worst nightmares.
Maybe it's an acquired taste.
9/10
June 11, 2012
On the whole this is a enjoyable take on the vampire myth. The book starts in a near future post oil world which is frankly pretty interesting all on its own and as a reader I could have frankly happily spent longer in that world. But we are swiftly taken the world after the vampire take over and the first attempts at resistance and fight back. The story I would as basically solid if not spectacular. The vampires are genuinely, the writer has made them extremely powerful but still left himself with room to maneuver. There a lot of characters and the reader will have to pay attention who is who but they are well fleshed out. I do however have a few problems.
I read the kindle version and unfortunately the formatting is so bad it gets dangerously close to unreadable. When a scene changes there isn't a line break, which I find really irritating as I have to stop paying attention to the story and start concentrating on the words. I don't blame the writer, I blame the publisher but unfortunately this kind of shoddy work seems to be depressingly common.
Is a far less serious one. I would suggest that the writer needs to do a bit more research on the subject of weaponry because there were several places where Hollywood logic was applied (like blowing up a tank gun with an anti-personnel grenade) It isn't a deal breaker but it is making an unnecessary demand for another suspension of disbelief.
So on the whole a reasonably enjoyable piece with lots of room for development.
I read the kindle version and unfortunately the formatting is so bad it gets dangerously close to unreadable. When a scene changes there isn't a line break, which I find really irritating as I have to stop paying attention to the story and start concentrating on the words. I don't blame the writer, I blame the publisher but unfortunately this kind of shoddy work seems to be depressingly common.
Is a far less serious one. I would suggest that the writer needs to do a bit more research on the subject of weaponry because there were several places where Hollywood logic was applied (like blowing up a tank gun with an anti-personnel grenade) It isn't a deal breaker but it is making an unnecessary demand for another suspension of disbelief.
So on the whole a reasonably enjoyable piece with lots of room for development.
September 4, 2013
Vampire Apocalypse: A World Turn Asunder is as the title states, a world torn asunder; by the viciousness of the vampire race that has decimated human society. And so this leads us to the first major point. The Vampires don't fall in love with humans, and this means it isn't a human book with vampires in it, but a vampire book with humans in it.
What I mean is that this is what a vampire story should be, where the humans have been forced to survive against the rage of a powerful enemy. This is a throwback to the good ol' days of vampire horror. But it doesn't just rely on the base premise of the good aspects of horror storytelling because it is paced well. The writing by Derek Gunn moves along at an apt pace that delivers action and blood that superbly lends itself to vampires and humans fighting hard to be the dominant force.
The most pleasing aspect of the book is the enjoyment factor, the quick paced scenes and the subtle use of dialogue. I found it wasn't tacky nor was it bland, just right. If there is a fault then it is the character name of which was pointed out already in reviews by other readers. There seemed to be two names used for Harris, John and Peter. But besides that I should mention that in my opinion, this book is ripe for movie development. It plays out like a film if read through in one sitting.
I recommend this book to readers of vampire novels or horror fans in general.
What I mean is that this is what a vampire story should be, where the humans have been forced to survive against the rage of a powerful enemy. This is a throwback to the good ol' days of vampire horror. But it doesn't just rely on the base premise of the good aspects of horror storytelling because it is paced well. The writing by Derek Gunn moves along at an apt pace that delivers action and blood that superbly lends itself to vampires and humans fighting hard to be the dominant force.
The most pleasing aspect of the book is the enjoyment factor, the quick paced scenes and the subtle use of dialogue. I found it wasn't tacky nor was it bland, just right. If there is a fault then it is the character name of which was pointed out already in reviews by other readers. There seemed to be two names used for Harris, John and Peter. But besides that I should mention that in my opinion, this book is ripe for movie development. It plays out like a film if read through in one sitting.
I recommend this book to readers of vampire novels or horror fans in general.
July 16, 2012
It took me a while to get into, and finish this book. I'm normally a huge fan of anything vampire related (Twilight excluded) but there was just something about this book that failed to draw me in and immerse me completely within the story.
It was an interesting read, but the storyline itself was the only reason I found myself compelled to read more, the characters varied in degrees of development. Though most of them did have their own personal or emotional moments throughout the story, I found it hard to form an emotional connection with and in some cases even like the characters.
There was a lot of action, which was well written, full of blood and gore which is what one expects in a good vampire novel, but it seemed as if that was mainly what the book relied on. I found it hard to keep track of who was doing what and why within these scenes sometimes and the deaths of established characters really didn't affect me at all.
There was a relationship within the story with the main character, but it felt cheap and tacked on, and I couldn't help but feel that the only reason that it was there, was to make Harris more likable or relatable as a character.
Overall it was an OK read, not great, and probably something I'd read again for a long while or at all.
It was an interesting read, but the storyline itself was the only reason I found myself compelled to read more, the characters varied in degrees of development. Though most of them did have their own personal or emotional moments throughout the story, I found it hard to form an emotional connection with and in some cases even like the characters.
There was a lot of action, which was well written, full of blood and gore which is what one expects in a good vampire novel, but it seemed as if that was mainly what the book relied on. I found it hard to keep track of who was doing what and why within these scenes sometimes and the deaths of established characters really didn't affect me at all.
There was a relationship within the story with the main character, but it felt cheap and tacked on, and I couldn't help but feel that the only reason that it was there, was to make Harris more likable or relatable as a character.
Overall it was an OK read, not great, and probably something I'd read again for a long while or at all.
February 26, 2012
This is not the tame 'lets fall in love' plot with vampires. This is pure horrific evil. There is lots of death, blood and gore. This is what vampires were supposed to be. There are some editing bug bears throughout. For example, the switch between character point of views were not seperated with the usual text gap. This did make things a bit confusing and I had to read parts over a couple of times to make sense of what was happening. Also, some sentences were repeated throughout the tale. In fighting scenes the bodies were always doing grotesque dances as bullets rained into them etc etc.
Having said this I did get absorbed into the story and once I had become familiar with some of the many characters I got more involved. This is the first book in a series and it would be interesting to see where the author will take the main characters next although I am not chomping at the bit to grab the next book. As a fan of vamp fiction I found this a refreshing change to a love story.
August 1, 2012
It was nice to read a vampire book in which the vampires are bad guys, trying to control and take over. It was a nice story with a good plot. my only complaint is that when the point of view changed, there wasn't a line break or asterisk or anything. Most times, it just started a new paragraph and I had problems keeping up with the quick change. Often, I had to reread the first few lines once I realized that the pov changed again. And sometimes, it was hard to tell exactly where the change happened because it wasn't clear. Overall, it was a good read though.
March 24, 2013
An interesting take of the 'vampires take the world' idea i found the characters and the challenges they faced to be interesting. vampires felt a bit one sided and lacked depth in the few of them key to the story.
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May 3, 2014Not bad
This wasn't a bad read, it's original in its concept, it's vampires that take over and pretty much try to decimate humans, but then a band of humans fight back, so I'd recommend it for anyone who digs vampire stories.
This wasn't a bad read, it's original in its concept, it's vampires that take over and pretty much try to decimate humans, but then a band of humans fight back, so I'd recommend it for anyone who digs vampire stories.
February 26, 2009
Solid story, looking forward to the sequel.
December 20, 2011
The story was good and original. I'm a reader who likes characters and gets involved in them. This book was a plot driven book rather than character driven so it wasn't really my thing.
September 10, 2012
Very entertaining. I will be getting the other books in the series.
June 16, 2012
this book was good but i thought it could have been a little bit better but i still enjoyed it..!! :p
October 11, 2012
well written and well thought out trilogy!
May 18, 2022
This book features an interesting idea. I've never read anything quite like it. Unfortunately, this novel is filled with action and very little of anything else. The worldbuilding is disappointingly sparse and there is no character development. The poor writing is bad enough to disrupt the story. I don't know how authors don't catch obvious grammar errors or awkward phrasing. Some of the descriptions in this book are long infodumps that just don't work. Words are repeated, and sometimes the same phrase is used several times in one paragraph. It makes me wonder if the author bothered to re-read his own work before publishing. I'm quite certain that an editor didn't touch this book.
February 10, 2015
Given the recent success of the film version of Matheson's "I Am Legend", it's not a surprise that anything featuring humans fighting vampires should be optioned for a film version. Admittedly, the identity of the enemy is really the only thing the two books have in common, but on reading this one, I can see exactly why the film industry would be interested.
Gunn shows us how the vampires first seized control after the break down of civilisation. We are briefly introduced to their human guards and the methods they use to keep them and the human populace under control. After this, it's straight into the action, as a group of rebels seek to destroy their local group of vampires, led by Nero.
There is little subtlety to their methods, mostly involving the humans destroying and killing as many of the vampires and as much of their possessions as they can. As would be expected, the vampires fight back and the rebel humans have to defend themselves as well as they have been attacking, or they risk being wiped out.
The basic storyline is as predictable as it sounds, sadly, with all the aspects you would expect to find in many a Hollywood action movie. Apart from the brief introduction as to how the vampires took over the world, virtually none of the characters have any back story. This is only a minor issue until a point later in the story where a critical character appears virtually out of nowhere and his motives and intentions were never made clear, despite there clearly being some history between him and the vampires.
This means that the story does lack a bit of depth, although with the two sides being humans and vampires, there is never any doubt as to which side the reader should be cheering for. There are hints of relationships between the rebels and one man risks an important mission to save his long lost family. But even these aspects of the story are pretty much Hollywood clichés for an action film and this seems to be what Gunn had his eye on when he was writing the book. Every step of the way, the feeling I get from the book is that he was writing a film rather than a novel.
Whilst this means that what you get is very clichéd and the focus is on action rather than plot and character development, it also means that the action quotient is very high and the pace of the story is mostly breathless. Every part of the book either contains something important happening, or a prelude to something important happening, or both sides drawing breath after something important happening. Unfortunately, as it's always largely brainless action, it's not as difficult to put down as a tightly plotted thriller, although I did find that as the story built to the climax, it did get a little more difficult to turn away.
With the aim seemingly being a film deal, this does mean the book has quite a visual quality. Whilst the characters themselves are left slightly obscure, such that you can't really picture what they might look like, everything else from the vampires to the serum they use to control the humans has colour and is well described. When some of the vampires change shape, the new shapes are easy to picture and every drop of wound suffered by either side is well documented to the point that you could almost see the blood soaked faces of the humans, if only you'd been given enough detail to picture the face as well as you can the blood.
For all the clichés, though, Gunn has come up with a couple of ideas that were new to me. The idea of using humans as guards by biting them and turning them into Thralls - humans with extra strength and extremely loyal to the vampires - was one I don't recall seeing before. The other method of human control, by inventing a serum that is a combination of a couple of drugs was also a nice touch and there were a couple of moments that suggested Gunn had researched this bit more thoroughly than anything else, which gave it a touch of realism that wasn't present elsewhere in the novel.
It was these parts that just elevated the book above the mundane. In most ways, there was very little to set this apart from any other all-action type book. There was very little depth to it and I found the frequent plot holes and events happening without explanation a little annoying, but there were enough explosions and killings to keep the action fan interested. This is the kind of book that won't really appeal to those who enjoy reading for pleasure, as you'll have read better and likely be annoyed by the lack of depth but if you enjoy a good action film, this is exactly the kind of book you'd want to be reading. As with most books and films of this type, it's one to borrow as it wouldn't stand up to repeated readings and whilst it certainly isn't worth buying, it is fun enough to be worth borrowing, should you come across a copy in a library or on a friend's bookshelf. If this is your kind of thing, this is certainly an acceptable example.
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Gunn shows us how the vampires first seized control after the break down of civilisation. We are briefly introduced to their human guards and the methods they use to keep them and the human populace under control. After this, it's straight into the action, as a group of rebels seek to destroy their local group of vampires, led by Nero.
There is little subtlety to their methods, mostly involving the humans destroying and killing as many of the vampires and as much of their possessions as they can. As would be expected, the vampires fight back and the rebel humans have to defend themselves as well as they have been attacking, or they risk being wiped out.
The basic storyline is as predictable as it sounds, sadly, with all the aspects you would expect to find in many a Hollywood action movie. Apart from the brief introduction as to how the vampires took over the world, virtually none of the characters have any back story. This is only a minor issue until a point later in the story where a critical character appears virtually out of nowhere and his motives and intentions were never made clear, despite there clearly being some history between him and the vampires.
This means that the story does lack a bit of depth, although with the two sides being humans and vampires, there is never any doubt as to which side the reader should be cheering for. There are hints of relationships between the rebels and one man risks an important mission to save his long lost family. But even these aspects of the story are pretty much Hollywood clichés for an action film and this seems to be what Gunn had his eye on when he was writing the book. Every step of the way, the feeling I get from the book is that he was writing a film rather than a novel.
Whilst this means that what you get is very clichéd and the focus is on action rather than plot and character development, it also means that the action quotient is very high and the pace of the story is mostly breathless. Every part of the book either contains something important happening, or a prelude to something important happening, or both sides drawing breath after something important happening. Unfortunately, as it's always largely brainless action, it's not as difficult to put down as a tightly plotted thriller, although I did find that as the story built to the climax, it did get a little more difficult to turn away.
With the aim seemingly being a film deal, this does mean the book has quite a visual quality. Whilst the characters themselves are left slightly obscure, such that you can't really picture what they might look like, everything else from the vampires to the serum they use to control the humans has colour and is well described. When some of the vampires change shape, the new shapes are easy to picture and every drop of wound suffered by either side is well documented to the point that you could almost see the blood soaked faces of the humans, if only you'd been given enough detail to picture the face as well as you can the blood.
For all the clichés, though, Gunn has come up with a couple of ideas that were new to me. The idea of using humans as guards by biting them and turning them into Thralls - humans with extra strength and extremely loyal to the vampires - was one I don't recall seeing before. The other method of human control, by inventing a serum that is a combination of a couple of drugs was also a nice touch and there were a couple of moments that suggested Gunn had researched this bit more thoroughly than anything else, which gave it a touch of realism that wasn't present elsewhere in the novel.
It was these parts that just elevated the book above the mundane. In most ways, there was very little to set this apart from any other all-action type book. There was very little depth to it and I found the frequent plot holes and events happening without explanation a little annoying, but there were enough explosions and killings to keep the action fan interested. This is the kind of book that won't really appeal to those who enjoy reading for pleasure, as you'll have read better and likely be annoyed by the lack of depth but if you enjoy a good action film, this is exactly the kind of book you'd want to be reading. As with most books and films of this type, it's one to borrow as it wouldn't stand up to repeated readings and whilst it certainly isn't worth buying, it is fun enough to be worth borrowing, should you come across a copy in a library or on a friend's bookshelf. If this is your kind of thing, this is certainly an acceptable example.
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December 8, 2018
A lot of scary fun!
I gave this book a 3-star rating because it was an enjoyable read, but it seemed to end too abruptly. Still, it was well-written and fun to read
I gave this book a 3-star rating because it was an enjoyable read, but it seemed to end too abruptly. Still, it was well-written and fun to read
November 27, 2016
With A World Torn Asunder, the first installment in Derek Gunn's Vampire Apocalypse series, we enter a world where fuel crisis and economic collapse led to the fracturing of government and society. What better time for the vampires to step out of the shadows and claim the world for themselves? With a submissive population and some all too willing thralls, the vampires quickly took over. That hasn't stopped a small band of resistance fighters, whose guerilla raids on vampire strongholds have provoked a confrontation that may be the start of an all-out war for survival.
Aside from the whole vampire thing, the scenario Gunn lays out isn't all that far-fetched, especially in light of recent developments in the economy and our dependence on fossil fuels. You can see how one or two catastrophes could lead to larger collapses. Honestly, I could have read a whole novel just focusing on that aspect, but I do love a good vampire story, and Gunn handles that part well. A World Torn Asunder has a fast pace, tons of well-choreographed action sequences and some very formidable bad guys. The book reads a lot like a movie, so it's easy to visualize the action.
Where the book falters a bit is with the main characters. They're not bad, but instead of taking the time to develop each character, Gunn more or less gives us the "back of the baseball card" rundown of back story, personality, physical appearance, etc. It felt forced, and made the characters seem less real. It was much the same with the main villains, who conformed to a predictable type. I felt the book could easily have been twice as long (and twice as effective) if the author had taken more time and developed the characters more naturally. The book could also use one more pass-through by a copy editor just to clean things up and fix some issues with the appearance of the Kindle version.
Despite those issues, I really enjoyed Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder and have already ordered Descent Into Chaos (Vampire Apocalypse Book 2). I'd absolutely recommend this series to fans of E.E. Knight's Vampire Earth series and Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan's Strain trilogy. If nothing else, it's good to see vampires acting like the bloodsucking parasites they are, instead of sparkly love-struck teenagers.
Aside from the whole vampire thing, the scenario Gunn lays out isn't all that far-fetched, especially in light of recent developments in the economy and our dependence on fossil fuels. You can see how one or two catastrophes could lead to larger collapses. Honestly, I could have read a whole novel just focusing on that aspect, but I do love a good vampire story, and Gunn handles that part well. A World Torn Asunder has a fast pace, tons of well-choreographed action sequences and some very formidable bad guys. The book reads a lot like a movie, so it's easy to visualize the action.
Where the book falters a bit is with the main characters. They're not bad, but instead of taking the time to develop each character, Gunn more or less gives us the "back of the baseball card" rundown of back story, personality, physical appearance, etc. It felt forced, and made the characters seem less real. It was much the same with the main villains, who conformed to a predictable type. I felt the book could easily have been twice as long (and twice as effective) if the author had taken more time and developed the characters more naturally. The book could also use one more pass-through by a copy editor just to clean things up and fix some issues with the appearance of the Kindle version.
Despite those issues, I really enjoyed Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder and have already ordered Descent Into Chaos (Vampire Apocalypse Book 2). I'd absolutely recommend this series to fans of E.E. Knight's Vampire Earth series and Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan's Strain trilogy. If nothing else, it's good to see vampires acting like the bloodsucking parasites they are, instead of sparkly love-struck teenagers.
December 27, 2016
Read all three in the series. Good story
April 28, 2015
The first few chapters of this book throw you straight into this world - a war in the Middle East wipes out it’s oil supply, and events have escalated from there. Power, especially from nuclear stations, has become the most valuable thing, and cites and towns look after only themselves.
Into this confused world steps the vampires. These are not the sexy, mysterious vampires that have been appearing in recent books, but rather vicious killers, who have waiting for a chance to attack.. which they now have.
Jumping forward approximately two years, the vampires are very much in charge.. and the remaining humans are kept in walled cities, ready to be food when needed. Due to their problems with sunlight, the vampires have a selection of ‘thralls’.. not quite vampires, but under their control.
A small group have avoided capture, and this group of rebels lead a fight to defeat the vampires, and free the humans.
This is very much a book about war, with lots of battle scenes, and violence.. and yet it never lets go of the humans involved in the middle. The characters are not deeply explored, but certainly enough to progress the story.
The strength of this book is it’s non-stop action. The story never lets up, and it’s very hard to put down. I often sat in bed thinking the usual ‘one more page’! I would have liked to learn a little more about the characters, especially the vampires, but with book two being released later this year, hopefully I will.
Into this confused world steps the vampires. These are not the sexy, mysterious vampires that have been appearing in recent books, but rather vicious killers, who have waiting for a chance to attack.. which they now have.
Jumping forward approximately two years, the vampires are very much in charge.. and the remaining humans are kept in walled cities, ready to be food when needed. Due to their problems with sunlight, the vampires have a selection of ‘thralls’.. not quite vampires, but under their control.
A small group have avoided capture, and this group of rebels lead a fight to defeat the vampires, and free the humans.
This is very much a book about war, with lots of battle scenes, and violence.. and yet it never lets go of the humans involved in the middle. The characters are not deeply explored, but certainly enough to progress the story.
The strength of this book is it’s non-stop action. The story never lets up, and it’s very hard to put down. I often sat in bed thinking the usual ‘one more page’! I would have liked to learn a little more about the characters, especially the vampires, but with book two being released later this year, hopefully I will.
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