Cold Kiss (Halloween 2001) [Mass Market Paperback]

Roxanne Longstreet (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2001 | Series: Halloween 2001

While searching for a missing friend, respected surgeon-turned-vampire Michael Bowman is drawn into the seductively evil world of The Society, an exclusive circle of the undead who are bound together by a hellish pact. Original.

--This text refers to an alternate Mass Market Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Pinnacle Books; Reprint edition (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786014261
• ISBN-13: 978-0786014262
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,537,603 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Are even the good guys really good?, April 13, 1998

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Catherine B. Krusberg ([e-mail]) (Athens, Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cold Kiss (Mass Market Paperback)

In THE UNDEAD, Michael Bowman became a vampire, and his mentor and friend, Adam Radburn (also a vampire) was captured by a powerful and sadistic vampire named William. In COLD KISS, the sequel, Michael has to put a good deal of effort into adapting to his new state of existence and just surviving. Nonetheless, Michael is determined to free Adam.

Unexpected help appears in the form Celestine Vaughan, a vampire who represents The Society, a cooperative organization of humans and vampires. She promises that The Refuge will keep Michael safe from both William and hostile humans; he won't have to kill to survive. Michael wonders why Adam never told him about The Society. Before he can make extensive inquiries, however, an attack by William and an enslaved Adam forces Michael to move into The Refuge.

What should be the end of Michael's troubles is only the beginning, as he learns what The Society REALLY does and how The Refuge REALLY operates. Again and again COLD KISS makes us ask how good the good guys really are -- The Society, Adam ... even Michael himself, who is descended from Adam's sadism-tainted vampire bloodline. Michael's experiences are sometimes thought-provoking and sometimes downright scary. But through it all he remains a sympathetic character, courageous and kind, now and then showing understated and somewhat grim humor ("Since I am a vampire -- had I mentioned that? -- sunrises are not my favorite moments of the day.").

COLD KISS offers no easy answers to the central questions about the goodness and trustworthiness of vampires. But for this reader it leaves no doubt that Michael himself deserves a shot at continued existence. Whatever is in his blood, there is much of humanity in his thoughts and deeds.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly different view of the life of a vampire!, September 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Cold Kiss (Mass Market Paperback)

Very easy to read, and very creative. I wasn't able to put it down until I had finished it!