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High Bloods [Paperback]

John Farris (Author)
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July 21, 2009
It happened quickly. Overnight, the greater Los Angeles area found itself in the horrifying grasp of a werewolf epidemic. Twenty eight days of the month they are no different than you or me--the High Bloods, who managed to go unaffected. But every full moon, they are the most ravenous creatures man has ever seen. 
A new law-enforcement agency has been created to keep tabs on the those whose blood runs Lycan. Rawson is an agent for Lycan Control, and his job is to make sure all the afflicted are found, monitored, and kept at bay the night they change. But the Lycans in Hollywood have risen to cultlike proportions, and Rawson's job is getting tougher.
One night, a woman changes right in front of Rawson. And it's not a full moon. Someone deep in the annals of Hollywood has managed to trip the logic of the werewolves' being. Battling a rising tide of Lycan rights activists and a growing population of those who are choosing to be Lycan over High Blood, Rawson must carve a path to the top of the Lycan chain before all hell breaks loose. 

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The werewolf plague is so widespread in this less than thrilling near-future fantasy from bestseller Farris (The Fury) that the authorities have established an agency, International Lycan Control (ILC), that keeps most of the creatures under control with surgical implants that diffuse medications to prevent transformations during the full moon. When California ILC agent Rawson sees a werewolf decapitate Artie Excalibur, a businessman whose sideline was providing lycan escorts to uninfected humans, Rawson suspects Excalibur was deliberately targeted for death. Lacking the black humor of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, the book fails to offer anything particularly new to the concept of a hard-boiled narrator pursuing a murder case in a world where the supernatural is real. More of a backstory, particularly one that explained how the U.S. was replaced by a group of city-states, might have helped. (July)
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“America’s premier novelist of terror.”
—Stephen King

High Bloods is a page-turning masterpiece that blends the best elements of the classic horror novel with those of the classic L.A. detective novel.  Horrifying, riveting, thought-provoking, rich with stunning sense of place and mordant humor. A tour de force.” 
—Jonathan Kellerman, New York Times bestselling author of Mystery

“A legend among thriller novelists.”
—Dean Koontz, New York Times bestselling author of What the Night Knows

“Farris has elevated the terror genre into the realm of literature.”
Richard Matheson, New York Times bestselling author of I am Legend

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (July 21, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312866968
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312866969
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,960,607 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars Thrillsville!, August 30, 2011
This review is from: High Bloods (Paperback)
I couldn't put this book down. The only reason I didn't give this book the full five stars was due to too many characters. Also, thankfully, there is a glossary included in the book which is very helpful for all the lingo and acronyms peppered throughout. Sure, it's not a decapitation every time you turn the page, but just the foreboding of the next killing was compelling. Lastly, I thought it was a Stephen King novel when I picked it up due to the quote listed on the bottom of the front cover praising the true author, John Farris. Perhaps a clever method of marketing? At any rate, the story was excellent.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected..., November 28, 2010
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Ehh.. this book had such a great premise and though its characters were strong, as well, it was ultimately lacking. Right off the bat, I was more than a little alienated by the terminology used - and while there was a glossary, I just don't understand why the first time the "new" words were used they weren't defined! Some were, but definitely not all, which took a while to get used to. Also, the most interesting part of the book (the werewolves and their new society) were hardly touched upon! I was MUCH more interested in that that than the actual plot. And while it is nice to have a werewolf book unaccompanied by vampires, it would have been nice to have more of the actual werewolves!! The ending wasn't terribly conclusive either.... It just felt rushed. I do think that this would have made a better movie than it did a book.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Lacks Werewolves!, November 15, 2009
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I really, really wanted to like this book. The description of the story sounded unusual and I could not wait to dive in! However much this book reminds us of the old detective novels of yesteryear, and it does, it does not deliver werewolves. It is as if half of the novel is missing. I feel that if the author added more actual interaction with werewolves and included them more prominently in the story, he would have a winner. The story that was there was great.... what was missing..well I missed it!!
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