Night Biters: A Tale of Urban Horror [Paperback]

A.J. Harper (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 8, 2008

NIGHT BITERS is the first in a series of young adult novels targeted toward readers who enjoyed Harry Potter and the Twilight series but yearn to read about characters that reflect their rich diversity. NIGHT BITERS tells the story of 16-year-old Jamilah and her 14-year old brother Omari when the two arrive in the city of Oakland, CA to stay with their aunt and uncle, a mysterious stranger gives Omari a magical compact disc and crucifix. Upon listening to the CD the siblings learn that the lyrics and the crucifix can aide them against the danger of vampires. But danger has never been as attractive as the handsome and charismatic heartbreaker Tyrone, or as beautiful and deadly as the vengeful Jennifer. Soon the siblings find themselves in twined with rival gangs, the Crimsons and the Cobalt's. Their leaders transformed into vampires whose hatred for another threatens to destroy the city. Fasten your seat belts, you're going to a place bustling with taggers, skaters, gangs, girls that literally kick butt, hip hop and vampires.

Product Details

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing; 1st edition (August 8, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 141961312X
• ISBN-13: 978-1419613128
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,271,390 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Night Biters Rocks!!!, January 15, 2006

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M. Beardharper "dj oasis" (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This is no R L Stien! This book has a diverse group of hip hop characters from the Bay Area that are actully intelligent and not based on stereotypes. The book has teens in the Bay dealing with regular teenage issues, as well as vampires gang violence. The characters are cool, there's African American's, Vietnamese, Latino's, Filippino's, Jews, Goths, ravers, taggers and possibly dirty cops and a guy who eats a rat. If you LOVE hip hop, or you're from the Bay Area you need to read this book. I love Night Biters because it's real hip hop, it's not derogatory or dogmatic, it's just real and entertaining.

The book is written in the style of how Traffic and Crash were made as movies. A ton of individual stories, all intertwined into one explosive plot. Read this book, you won't be disappointed. The story is based on actual events in 1999 leading up to the change of the century in the backdrop of the worlds most integrated group of cities. Two teens come here to spend the summer and find that some of thier friends have become vampires and are dealing with personal issues like abusive stepfathers, drugs, gangs and police (damn taggers!). Doooooood read it!!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Vampire book of 2005, December 31, 2005

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Jenny (Birmingham, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Night Biters: A Tale of Urban Horror (Paperback)

This is an amazing book. It is filled with suspense and will have you sitting on the edge of your seat. Omari and Jamilah Jackson going to Oakland and finding out that some of their friends have joined vampire gangs. Jennifer, Dragonbrush, Tioni, Tyrone and Yes are also a big part of the story. JDawg and Carlos the two gang leader try to recruit as many vampires as they can to help them defeat the other gang. My favorite character is Jennifer at the end of the book she rocks taking on vampires like an Asian Buffy the vampire slayer. My favorite scene is in the movie theatre where the vampires gangs fight while watching the movie Blacula. I will give this book a five star rating.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pinoys get Respect, January 12, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Night Biters: A Tale of Urban Horror (Paperback)

Night Biters is my favorite book, I visited the Bay Area and have saw the old Montgomery Ward building. It was too scary a building for me to enter but not a vampire. I also like that us Pinoy's finally got some recognition and respect in a book. Dragonbrush is my dog I liked the way he and Tioni looked out for one another and how he showed that he really appreciated her. Jamilah is cool but too stuck up for my taste, I wouldn't want my sister taking all my favorite clothes just because she wants them. But in the end they all looked out for one another.