- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Snowbooks; UK open market ed edition (2 Mar 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905005989
- ISBN-13: 978-1905005987
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 21.6 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 388,126 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Fear grips London as dozens of clubbers die after taking a sinister new drug. But that's only the beginning. 48 hours later, the dead clubbers wake up - and it's open season on the living, who are butchered for their blood. Soon, London gives a name to its terror: Vampires. Jake Lawton, bitter and betrayed after the Iraq War, finds himself fighting another battle - against the growing army of immortal hunters and their human cohorts. Lawton joins forces with the journalist who brought about his downfall and the dealer tricked into distributing the drug. And together they take on the spineless authorities, the ruthless cohorts, and the hungry dead. But the vampire plague unleashed in London is nothing to what lurks beneath the streets - Waiting to be fed ...Waiting to be resurrected ...Waiting to reign again over a city of human slaves ...
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I enjoyed this very much. Emson puts an interesting spin on the possible starting point of the vampire mythos. The writing is punchy and could have used a little polishing - I imagine he'll improve with in later books. The publishers are a new company and unfortunately there are quite a few grammatical/spelling errors. I noticed at least 3 and that kind of thing drives me mad, but I'm probably just picky. The characters are extremely believable, which is something I look for in a novel, and I felt for them a great deal.
And it gave me nightmares, which is always a compliment for a horror novel.
And it gave me nightmares, which is always a compliment for a horror novel.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Picked this up on the off chance and it was a nice surprise! An interesting re-exploration of the vampire myth (lots of familiar stuff, but some new elements too), weaving in the distribution of illicit tablets as the initial propogation... It was good to read something set in London...felt familiar! The writing is crisp and succinct. Good descriptive style...no holding back on chases, tension and a bit of the necessary horror. I would recommend and also would purposefully navigate towards another book by Emson based upon this.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What a brilliant scary Vampire story! One of the best books in this genre I have ever read! Mobs of fast agressive vampires are openly on the loose in modern London growing more and more confident and unstoppable on the streets, the buses, Leicester Square, Embankment, New Cross, a great well written, well paced, story!
a great twist and re telling of a classic idea, Vampires in the London club and drug scene, but also attacking passengers on the bus and people in the cinema with the Police being unable to stop them and a giant conspiracy behind the scenes dating back to ancient Babylon and Alexander the Great.
a great twist and re telling of a classic idea, Vampires in the London club and drug scene, but also attacking passengers on the bus and people in the cinema with the Police being unable to stop them and a giant conspiracy behind the scenes dating back to ancient Babylon and Alexander the Great.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
It started off promising...
...but it just didn't feel good to read and I didn't care for any of the characters. It just needed that something more! Read more
Published 4 months ago by G. Brewer
Great read
Nice book and most enjoyable read.
Unfortunately does not appear to have been proofread before going to print as littered with errors which can get slightly... Read more
Unfortunately does not appear to have been proofread before going to print as littered with errors which can get slightly... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Tim Archment
Great book great author
This was the first thomas emson book I read and what a book it was. Since reading skarlet I have read three more by him and loved every one of them.
Published 10 months ago by Mr. R. Samad
Absolutely brilliant!
I actually read this book ages ago but never got round to writing this so well deserved review...
This is actually one of the best books I have read. Read more
This is actually one of the best books I have read. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Maria
NOT for twilight fans!!!!
Picked this book up one day as i had nothing to read on the bus, i'd never heard of the author but i liked the cover! Read more
Published 19 months ago by bookworm
Great vampire story
This is a great novel, the first of a trilogy, and if this is anything to go by then the others will be superb! Read more
Published 23 months ago by M. J. Nash
A book that you'll enjoy getting your teeth into.
When I first saw this book and read the blurb, I was immediately attracted to it - I do love a vampire tale. Read more
Published on 1 April 2009 by Steve S., South Wales
Cant wait for the next one !!!!
This is the second book I've read by Thomas Emson and I wasn't disappointed! This thriller is dynamic and page-turning. The storyline is gripping and a little Gory but fantastic. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2009 by Ms. Tm Law
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