Vampyrrhic [Mass Market Paperback]

Simon Clark (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2002

In a small, isolated town, people are affected by a condition that leaves them in a coma unless they consume blood. Then a terminally ill man plans an act of vengeance: to set the dead against the living, so that the whole world might experience the misery the townspeople have endured for years.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 434 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books (July 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843950315
• ISBN-13: 978-0843950311
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #961,684 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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A new vampire classic, August 16, 2006

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Jeff Stover (Dover, DE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vampyrrhic (Mass Market Paperback)

There are only a few people who seem to be able to breathe new life (pardon the pun) into novels about the undead. King did it in the 1970s, George R R Martin did it with Fevre Dream, and a few others (Robert McCammon, Dan Simmons, and newcomer Jonathan Maberry) are the only others that spring to mind. But Simon Clark's Vampyrrhic can stand alongside any of them.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't look in the basement..., July 24, 2002

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mellion108 (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vampyrrhic (Mass Market Paperback)

Clark once again delivers a heart-pounding horror chiller with Vampyrrhic. I've lost a lot of sleep the past few nights because I just couldn't stop reading. Just when I thought all my favorite characters were safe--BAM! Something reached out of the dark for one of them, and I had to read a few more chapters.

Dr. David Leppington returns to the small, sleepy town that bears his family name in order to visit with his beloved Uncle George whom he hasn't seen in a couple of decades. He checks into the town's only hotel, run by the beautiful but bizarre Electra Charnwood, and meets up with Bernice and the sinister strongman Jack Black. Dear crazy-as-a-loon Uncle George tells David that he is heir to the Leppington legacy. David refuses to believe this whacky tale but soon learns that his uncle might be right when he, Electra, Jack, and Bernice find themselves thrown together to fight the bloodthirsty creatures lurking in the tunnels under the town.

Ok, so this isn't the most original story on the planet. The vampire tale isn't exactly new and fresh, but Clark manages to pull this one off with superb writing and chapter cliffhangers. His characters are believable, and I had to keep reading to find out what happened to them. Add to that the fact that any pale, hungry creature that thrives in a dank, dark tunnel and thirsts for your blood is going to be scary under any conditions, and this book is a winner. There's enough gore to make it creepy but not so much that it's distracting; enough sex to spice up the night creatures but not so much that it's the sole highlight of the novel; and enough ancient legends borrowing from mythology to make the story a bit unique. I think Clark is well on his way to being a top name in the horror genre. Read this one, and then grab Blood Crazy--you won't be disappointed.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars British answer to Salem's Lot!, August 12, 2002

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Rodney Powell "fairmont66" (Macon,Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vampyrrhic (Mass Market Paperback)

Simon Clark has written one of the most viscerally chilling vampire novels I've read in recent memory! David Leppington returns to the british villiage which he left as a small child;
which he shares the same name with and uncovers of horrifying secret underneath the town which is connected to his family.A army of hideous vampire creatures come out at night as feast upon the citizens. He now must do battle with terrifying creatures who's blood lust knows no bounds! He is aid by Electra Charnwood, a hotel owner, jack Black a goth thug and a young woman names Beatrice. Clark's chilling vampire novel is stark departure from the vampire books we are use to reading. There are no erotic scenes of bloodletting and vampires are not handsome men or seductive women.These are bloodthirsty creatures with a unholy hunger who live in tunnels below the town and are waiting for centuries to come out to feast!
there are brutal scenes of the vampires killing their human prey with their razor sharp teeth and even more brutal scenes of the heroes battling the vampires in their underground lair!This is the first book by Clark I've read and certainly won't be the last!