Bloodwars: Vampire World 3 (Roc) [Paperback]

Brian Lumley (Author)

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Publication Date: September 29, 1994

This is a horror/fantasy trilogy of epic proportions, set on the vampire homeworld first explored in the third book of Brian Lumley's "necroscope" series, the source.

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About the Author

Brian Lumley was born in the coal-mining village of Hordern, County Durham. At the age of twenty-one, he was called up for National Service and was assigned to the Royal Military Police. He subsequently joined up and in his 22 years of service travelled widely. A devotee of horror and fantasy fiction all his life, he began writing while still in the army in the 1960s and his first stories were published in America. His early influence was that of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos cycle of fiction. After returning to civilian life in 1981, Brian Lumley became a full-time writer and began working on his longer, more ambitious novels: first the Psychomech trilogy, then individual novels such as Demogorgon and House of Doors, culminating in the highly original series of bestselling Vampire novels, the five Necroscope books. Blood Brothers and The Last Aerie, both published in ROC, are the first two volumes of his new trilogy, Vampire World, a spin-off from the Necroscope series. Blood Wars is the last volume of the trilogy. Fruiting Bodies and Other Fungi and Return of the Deep Ones and Other Mythos Tales are also published in the ROC series. With more than thirty books and over a hundred short stories published in English, Brian Lumley has also had his work translated into French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese and, most recently, Polish. His story 'Fruiting Bodies' won the British Fantasy Award for the Best Short Story and he has also been the recipient of Fear Magazine's Award for Necroscope III: The Source.

Product Details

• Paperback: 784 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Books (September 29, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140169954
• ISBN-13: 978-0140169959
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.4 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #752,307 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Brian Lumley is the author of the bestselling Necroscope series of vampire novels. An acknowledged master of Lovecraft-style horror, Brian Lumley has won the British Fantasy Award and been named a Grand Master of Horror. His works have been published in more than a dozen countries and have inspired comic books, role-playing games, and sculpture, and been adapted for television. When not writing, Lumley can often be found spear-fishing in the Greek islands, gambling in Las Vegas, or attending a convention somewhere in the US. Lumley and his wife live in England.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An engaging book, but with uneven pace, September 8, 2011

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This review is from: Bloodwars: Vampire World 3 (Roc) (Paperback)

This book is the third in a series about a world of vampires that can be accessed from Earth by a portal, actually a singularity who adversely affects the vampire world by creating a world that has permament night on one side and permament day on the other.

The vampires here are humans transformed by some sort of fungus into the blood sucking creatues of legends. Unlike classical legends, in the book the vampires can use the fungus and their own abilities to meld humans together, creating everything from flying beasts of burden to giant fighting creatures.

The armies of the vampires are on the march in this book, trying to conquer a new realm. A few people from Earth, armed with the best weapons they could carry enter the vampire world to try to help the human population.

The only problem with the book is its uneven pace. Sometimes events and things fly past you, other times the author gets stuck on some coversation and the plot grounds to a halt. Having said that, this is a very fun and interesting book for those who want a vampire book different to the vampires books of today, all inspired by Twilight.