Deliver Us from Evil [Paperback]

Tom Holland (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2, 2000

Wiltshire, during the dying days of Oliver Cromwell's Republic. Robert Vaughan is the son of a Parliamentarian officer who is investigating a series of grisly murders which suggest a link with Satanic rituals at Stonehenge. The return of a notoriously wicked Cavalier, signalling the impending royalist restoration, leads to a terrible tragedy for the Vaughans. Robert's flight from his violent, terrifying past leads him to Restoration London, where he works as scribe for Milton, and where he survives the Plague and the Great Fire. But Robert is led along a dark path, to vampirism and beyond, as he devotes himself to gaining the powers that will enable him to fight an evil killer of seemingly satanic powers. He will travel the globe, from the ancient ghetto of Prague to the virgin forest of the New World, as he aims to gain revenge on those who betrayed him.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'A rare steak of a book, rich with life and awash with lashings of blood' SFX 'Anne Rice with added scholarship ... frighteningly realistic' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'Thrills and spills' THE TIMES 'Not for some time have I read a novel that so richly evokes the hypnotic properties of blood... a wealth of good writing.' EXPRESS ON SUNDAY 'What more can you want from literature?' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Most imaginative and skilfully told.' MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS 'The reseach is exemplary... an entertaining and intelligent historical horror story.' YORKSHIRE EVENING POST

About the Author

Tom Holland lives in London.

Product Details

• Paperback: 584 pages
• Publisher: Abacus (November 2, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0349113610
• ISBN-13: 978-0349113616
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,328,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A vampyre story with a twist, February 7, 2001

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Ian Bendtsen (Denmark) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deliver Us from Evil (Paperback)

The story adds an interesting twist to the vampyre world - not just continuing the path of the scary stories we have all heard before, Holland takes the reader through a faschinating world of different levels of odd beeings. Well written and certainly worth reading.

4.0 out of 5 stars Literate vampire romp, March 19, 2008

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William Meikle "Willie" (Newfoundland, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deliver Us from Evil Hb (Hardcover)

Vamps, ghouls, demons, golems, the English Civil War and Lord Byron... all mixed together in a literate yet scary swashbuckling romp.... has to be read to be believed.... over the top most of the way through, but tremendous fun.

3 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A let down, June 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Deliver Us from Evil (Paperback)

This story begins well, but then loses track and becomes formless. The main character moves from one situation to another, and it becomes too drifting.