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The Eyes of the Dead (A Vetala Cycle Novel) [Kindle Edition]

G.R. Yeates (Author)

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The critically-acclaimed debut by the author of the Vetala Cycle!

Vampires are loose in the trenches of the First World War.

Passchendaele, 1917. Private Reg Wilson is a man with a name but no memories. A soldier who remembers nothing of life before the fighting began. Until he comes to Black Wood, a tainted place that knows him intimately. There, he will discover a darkness buried long ago by time and dust. An appetite that has been awoken by war. A hunger that will feed upon his blood, his regrets and his worst fears. It will show him what he has forgotten. It will show him nightmare made flesh. And, before he dies, it will make him look deep into the eyes of the dead.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 241 KB
Print Length: 166 pages
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Language English
ASIN: B0052BPGTM
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Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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Vampires and Nightmares and Rats, oh my! 27 May 2011

By andy angel

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A book that combines the horror of vampires with the horrors of war - and does it well.
Three soldiers (one seriously wounded) rest up for the night in a damaged church near Passchendales, Belgium and one uncovers nastiness in the crypt....
This book, set in WW1 Belgium conveys the feel of its time very well. I wasn't sure about it because I'm not a fan of 'war books' but I'm glad I did. You can almost feel the mud and grime of the trenches and hear the bombs whistling overhead.
Later the scene moves to a field hospital and again, the desriptions and characters really stand out and pull you into the story.
If I have one teeny moan, it does seem a bit wordy in places but not enough to take anything away from this book.
I'll definatly be looking out for more from this author

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Fantastic! 11 April 2012

By AnnBoozeandBooksBlogspot

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Horror is a much broader genre than most people realize. I think it is the best one for holding up a mirror to humanity, and allowing us a look at everything the human race is capable of doing. G. R. Yeates does just that with WWI as a setting for The Eyes of the Dead, the first book in the Vetala Cycle. He brings to life the horror of trench warfare in a way stayed with me long after I had finished reading. Yeates uses his mastery of the English language to paint a bleak picture of a hellish time in world history. Another unusual thing about this book, and the whole trilogy, is the Vetala themselves. They are vampires based on Hindu mythology, so they are quite different from what a western audience would be expecting. Yeates uses them and their more abstract nature to bring nightmares to life. This is horror at it's best; it is both frighting and thought provoking. Highly recommended.

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Outstanding first novel. Brilliant 13 Sep 2011

By Beeshon

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This was quite a departure for me. If I'm honest I'm not quite sure why I've always overlooked the horror/vampire genre - it's not as if I read a horror story and decided I didn't like it; for some reason, I've just never tried it.

G R Yeates has taken my horror fiction virginity; and yes, it was good for me. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

It is evident that the author is a very gifted writer; he has an outstanding command of the English language - his narrative is vivid, no detail is left to the imagination, the scene is set for you with every element described right down to minutiae and to complete perfection.

The story is set in the First World War - horrors of war alone are enough to shock, appal and disgust - but when three soldiers take refuge in a deserted, bombed church, what they find in the crypt is beyond a nightmare: it's chilling, frightening and abominable . As you eagerly turn the pages, absorbing the rich, abundant vocabulary that depicts every imaginable horror, you are periodically suddenly stopped in your tracks when you are brought into the parallel of reality.

And just as you think you're on the even keel of real life when the scene shifts to a war hospital which houses the senselessness and destruction of war and the appalling physical injuries and mental torture of brave young men who fought for their country, you are plunged back into merciless vampire terror.

The ending is one you race towards. Not only because you want to greedily devour more and more of the feast of illustrative vocabulary, but also because you are eager to know if it will end with the shape-shifting evil or if will we be jolted back to a scene of reality. The final curtain falls, not totally unexpectedly, but utterly satisfyingly.

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Something wicked has arrived

There's some very strong positive points to this book, particularly so for a debut author.
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Published 29 days ago by TrueJDK

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Published 10 months ago by Chris Hall

An excellent first novel from an up and coming author.

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