Blood Red Army

Fiends of the Eastern Front

by David Bishop

1942: winter has halted the Nazi invasion of Russia, but the city of Leningrad is still besieged by German troops. Red Army soldiers and civilians are starving to death, but they refuse to surrender. Now the Nazis are unleashing a terrifying new weapon against the city - a cadre of vampire warriors, hungry for blood¿

Genres: Fiction, Vampires

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 20, 2006

About the author

David James Bishop is a New Zealand screenwriter and author. He was a UK comics editor during the 1990s, running such titles as the Judge Dredd Megazine and 2000 AD, the latter between 1996 and the summer of 2000.

He has since become a prolific author and received his first drama scriptwriting credit when BBC Radio 4 broadcast his radio play Island Blue: Ronald in June 2006. In 2007, he won the PAGE International Screenwriting Award in the short film category for his script Danny's Toys, and was a finalist in the 2009 PAGE Awards with his script The Woman Who Screamed Butterflies.

In 2008, he appeared on 23 May edition of the BBC One quiz show The Weakest Link, beating eight other contestants to win more than £1500 in prize money.

In 2010, Bishop received his first TV drama credit on the BBC medical drama series Doctors, writing an episode called A Pill For Every Ill, broadcast on 10 February.

Reviews

[Olethros · Rating 3 out of 5]

-Evasión y poco más.-

Género. Narrativa Fantástica.

Lo que nos cuenta. Viktor Danilov Zunetov es un bisoño pero voluntarioso comisario político que sirve en la sitiada Leningrado durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y que tiene un incidente con un extraño oficial alemán que está a punto de matarle pero del que se salva por la intervención de los miembros de un pelotón de castigo soviético. Cuando el propio Danilov termina castigado en ese mismo shtrafroty, descubrirá que entre los alemanes se esconden enemigos mucho más siniestros y sobrenaturales, pasando a formar parte de la iniciativa soviética Smert Krofpeet. Segundo libro de la serie Demonios del Frente Oriental.

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[Paulo "paper books only" · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hans, Klaus and Ralf are all brothers fighting the Russians on the Eastern Front for Hitler during World War II. Hans, the youngest, is the most dedicated. Hitler and the Third Reich enthralls him. His other brothers have seen enough of war to know it's not all it's cut out to be. Klaus is a pilot and wonders why Rumanian pilots canopies are black. Ralf in the Panzer finds dead with bite marks on their necks and Hans is an infantry man and sees also strange things while attacking russian soldiers. Klaus ends up in an hospital and sees strange horrific things. The three brothers get together for some times with their companions and conspire against the Rumanians. The end is not final and it continues on book two. This one is on a point of view of a Russian. The other side of the story. Both books are in the same timeline (this second a bit later) but in the different factions of the War. The third book is the reunion and union against a commom evil. The ending of the third book is awful. I would give the overall trilogy 4 but because of the ending I would give 2 stars.

[Martinxo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable pulp involving vampires and zombies during the siege of Stalingrad. Writing is slightly banal but the story is fun nevertheless.