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London Under Midnight [Hardcover]

Simon Clark (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)


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September 1, 2006
A novel of vampiric terror from one of the masters of the genre Vampyr Sharkz ? ?They?re coming to get you?. The graffiti spread through London that summer like wildfire. Its population carried on with life as usual in one of the richest cities on the planet. But beneath the surface there is change. Men and women are going missing without trace. What has the old African preacher seen emerging from undergrowth near the river? Is this the essence of evil encountered long ago? Ben Ashton is an investigative writer. When he's commissioned to find out who is responsible for the Vampyr Sharkz graffiti he thinks his luck has changed for the better. Little does he guess how wrong he is?

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From Publishers Weekly

Clark's efforts at an original variation on the vampire theme yield a novel whose plot is farfetched even by the standards of supernatural fiction. Journalist Ben Ashton is researching the origins of a graffiti tag scrawled around London warning of "Vampire Sharkz" when he encounters a real vampire in the person of unrequited flame April Connor. April is one of a rapidly growing pack of vampirized mortals doing the bidding of Edshu, an African trickster god who, for reasons murkily elaborated, is using London, and his antagonism of Ben specifically, as a means of testing the moral mettle of all humanity. Much mayhem ensues before Ben discovers that the only effective way to eliminate the vampire scourge is through the power of positive thinking. Clark (Darkness Demands) keeps the action brisk and the gore pulsing, but the novel's events are so contrived that they have to be explained for the reader's benefit in windy oratory passages from an eccentric displaced African preacher, who's the only one who can make any sense out of them. This is passable pulp, but anemic fare as far as vampire fiction goes.
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Here's a treat for horror fans. When mysterious graffiti starts appearing all over London, magazine writer Ben Ashton is hired to write a story about the person behind it. Little does Ben know that the graffiti ("Vampire Sharkz. They 're coming to get you") isn't just pointless vandalism. Like Anne Rice in her early vampire novels, Clark really gets under the skin of the modern vampire; rarely has the psychological trauma of transforming from mortal to immortal been rendered so movingly, and rarely has the vampire bloodlust been so vividly described. Clark, familiar to some fans of horror fiction but largely unknown by everybody else, deserves a much wider audience. This thrilling, terrifying, and deeply affecting story might just be the one that captures it for him. David Pitt
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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 214 pages
  • Publisher: Severn House Publishers; 1 edition (September 1, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0727863983
  • ISBN-13: 978-0727863980
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,190,979 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Simon Clark is the author of the cult apocalyptic novel Blood Crazy: "everyone over the age of 19 has been driven murderously insane... children and teenagers flee for their lives..." His novels include Nailed By The Heart, Vampyrrhic, Whitby Vampyrrhic, Ghost Monster and a bloody fistful of others that earned accolades from magazines around the world. This from Hellnotes: 'Clark's is surely the most outrageous imagination to grace horror since the discovery of Clive Barker' And: 'I actually loved Blood Crazy. Not just liked it, but loved it.' A quote from Beyond.

Simon was raised in a family of story-tellers. One told of a human skull buried under the family's garage. Currently he lives in the North of England where Robin Hood once roamed, and where legends of monsters lurking in ponds and caves abound. 2010 sees the release of his latest novella, Humpty's Bones, from Telos Books.

For news and videos about Simon Clark and his grisly craft be sure to Google his name from time to time.

 

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not his Best, July 18, 2007
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This review is from: London Under Midnight (Paperback)
I was so excited when I heard that Simon Clark was putting out a new novel. I was even more excited when I found out it was going to be about vampires. His earlier versions of vampires (Vamryrrhic and Vamryrrhic Rites) were so good I could not wait to see where he went with this novel. The concept was great, but the ending is terrible. This novel could easily been longer so the ending was not as forced as it seems. Up until the last two chapters it was amazing. So read it because it is a Simon Clark novel, but if you are new to him read one of his other novels. I recommend Blood Crazy.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The King of the Modern Vampire Tale, October 6, 2006
This review is from: London Under Midnight (Hardcover)
Simon Clark has already staked his claim as one of the top names in horror fiction, but with London Under Midnight he leads the readers into some new and extremely dangerous places. The story starts with a kind of twisted whodunit but transforms into a horrific tale of bloodlust and ravenous evil.
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