Customer Reviews

Blood Brothers (Vampire World Trilogy)

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Anne Rice vampires, beware. The vampires are poetic, yet savages, brutal savages. And sorry to say Rice fans, the vampires here are scarier. This book begins right were the last book left off in the vampire world. With the original Necroscope dead, all hope is lost. But left through his legacy are his twin sons. This book will smash emotions through you with excitment, horror, and relief. Lumley's writing has progessed to nothing but perfect, far better then his original necroscope serises. Buy it, and be pleased.

Blood Brothers starts the reader on a totally new adventure which ties completely with the first series of books(The Necroscope Series). I was completely engulfed in this book from page one and did not put it down until it was finished. Of course, after finishing the book, I was stuck waiting to find out what would happen next. Luckily for all who will read this, you can now get all of the books in the complete series at almost any book store. I would suggest this book and the whole Necroscope series to anyone who has a unquenchable thirst for vampire literature. Of all the books on the market, this series has the most believable storyline. Could it actually happen? Jump right in! The first will definitely not be your last

Stumbled on Lumley's trilogy while searching for something else. Became intrigued with Blood Brother's synopsis so carried it home for a read. Finished the book in two days and moved on to number 2 and 3 in the trilogy in short order. It has been 2 1/2 weeks and all three are done and I wonder who will take me on another quest with Noah and friends??..or one like it...Never read Necroscope series so am headed there now..hope it ranks up there with this series though I do not know how Mr. Lumley can expand my horizons any further or give me more pleasure than he already has.

I just read this after reading the first 5 books of the Necroscope series.

I must confess that I was not prepared to like this book. I'd read the first 5 books of the series and was a little bit tired of the whole plight of the characters. Yes, vampires are evil and the humans are good. However, since this books takes place in a different world than ours and involved new characters, I found myself really enjoying this book once I got past the first 100 pages.

Since this book is cotinuation of the story of the Necroscope, if you haven't read the first 5 books, you're going to be a little bit lost. Seriously, why pick up a book in the middle of the series. If you're new to this, go to the beginning and start there. You won't enjoy this one as much. I'm on the next book and loving it.

This is the 1st in the trilogy of the vampire world which is just truly awesome. You must read this stuff because you would be catching this author at his highest peak in this amazing series. This is what hollywood movies should be made of folks! This has it all - horror,action/adventure,sci-fi/fantasy, a sex that will blow your mind! This guy can write a horror novel like nobody else. You will sorry if you don't enter this world - you may not want to leave!

This is the first of the best series I have ever read. Lumley creates a world and characters so rich and believable that one wonders if such a place really exists and the author is writing from experience. I read all three in the series, one right after another, and wished the last page would never come. All three books in the series rate a definite 10++.

This first book, "Blood Brothers," is an amazing start to my favorite Brian Lumley trilogy, "The Vampire World." You are introduced to Harry Keogh's talented son, and from then on the story unfolds...

Don't let me tell you what happens, read it for yourself, you'll love it!

Okay -- first, you don't have to be familiar with Lumley's 'Necroscope' books to enjoy this trilogy. Honestly, I found 'Vampire World' to be much more enjoyable and easy enough to pick up on, even though I started reading them without having heard of any other Lumley books.

Anyway, the series is awesome. You've got vampires -- and not just cheesy re-hashed ones like you get in 'Twilight'. I'm talking totally different from the norm in most popular literature, but with some eerie connections to our own mythos. They come from a parallel world and are much more violent, savage, carnal, wicked, and FASCINATING than other vampires in literature today.

Lumley's 'Vampire World' trilogy is a triumph. It's chock-full of combat of both medieval and modern-day style, as well as supernatural. It's got sex, perversion, hedonism, cannibalism, and all sorts of other things you can imagine the vampires getting into. It's got an engaging (if farfetched) storyline that spans multiple generations and two parallel worlds, and some nice bits of irony / revenge / revelation that can take a novel and a half to reach fruition.

These aren't really books for the 'thinking man' but for fantasy / sci-fi horror, you can't get much better. Great fun and impossible to beat with any of the series that are being dribbled out today!

First, let me say that I have been a Lumley fan since I picked up my first Necroscope book years and tears ago. Vampires are not my favorite genre, they tend to give me nightmares, but this series is just so deliciously evil that I had to give it a go.
After several years with very little time to read, I am once again taking a good book to bed with me at night. I am trying valiently to stay interested in Blood Brothers. I have read all the other reviews of this book, and my complaint is totally different from all the others. I consider the characters to be riveting, the story good (so far) and the visions conjured up by Lumley's words to be great. I think, however, that he could have been many times more effective with many times fewer exclamation marks and other punctuation constants, such as ............
I am sure some of you Lumley fans will rake me over the coals for this opinion, but, honestly, I cannot believe that every other sentence deserves an exclamation mark, and I get downright worn out after reading a chapter or two.
Again, I am sure that to many of you the Great Man can do no wrong, and to you I apologize for daring to criticize what I see as an unpleasant (new) habit. I realize I am not an author of any kind, and probably am not fit to shine his shoes as far as fame goes, but I am entitled to voice my opinion. C'mon guys, isn't too much sometimes just too much?

It's amazing how Brian Lumley can basicaly write the same things over and over and still keep me engrossed. Blood Brothers kicks off the Vampire World Trilogy with a rip roaring start. The Wamphyri are brought to startling life. I especially enjoy the relationship between Nestor and Canker that developes further in the second installment "The Last Aerie". Great book with brilliant continuity with the Necroscope saga as a whole.