The Vampire's Violin (Mass Market Paperback)

by Michael Romkey (Author)

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Listen to its haunting, angelic sound

After centuries of life, the Vampire has just two passions left: blood and music. The blood of innocents is plentiful and easily attained—it is his other passion that torments him. Many years ago he owned and lost a violin that sang with the voice of the angels. Now this unearthly monster will do anything to press the instrument once more against his neck.

As it summons a hellish creature of the night

Maggie O’Hara was a talented if unremarkable violinist—until the day her grandfather gives her a violin he had brought home from World War II. For fifty years the magnificent instrument sat untouched in an attic, but from the moment Maggie hits the first note, her playing is transformed. With this remarkable violin in her possession, all of her dreams are eerily becoming reality. But she has no way of knowing that a nightwalker is tracking her down—and that he has every intention of taking back, through bloodlust and terror, what is rightfully his. . . .

THE VAMPIRE’S VIOLIN


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Listen to its haunting, angelic sound

After centuries of life, the Vampire has just two passions left: blood and music. The blood of innocents is plentiful and easily attained?it is his other passion that torments him. Many years ago he owned and lost a violin that sang with the voice of the angels. Now this unearthly monster will do anything to press the instrument once more against his neck.

As it summons a hellish creature of the night

Maggie O?Hara was a talented if unremarkable violinist?until the day her grandfather gives her a violin he had brought home from World War II. For fifty years the magnificent instrument sat untouched in an attic, but from the moment Maggie hits the first note, her playing is transformed. With this remarkable violin in her possession, all of her dreams are eerily becoming reality. But she has no way of knowing that a nightwalker is tracking her down?and that he has every intention of taking back, through bloodlust and terror, what is rightfully his. . . .

THE VAMPIRE?S VIOLIN


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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey (April 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345452089
• ISBN-13: 978-0345452085
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #285,742 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Typical of Michael's style., May 6, 2003

By	"stephvand" (North Bay, ON, CA) - See all my reviews

Shorter by several degrees than most of Michael's novels, The Vampire's Violin is not another installment in the much darker David Parker series. It is nevertheless a very Romkey-esque, vividly written tale splashed with history and music and various flawed but still likeable characters. Romkey fans will find Violin to be in a similar vein to his other novels, however this is a quicker and faster-paced read with fewer subplots but just as many moments of quiet beauty. Those who have never read one of Michael Romkey's books and who like their vampire novels dark, convoluted and sinister may prefer to delve into Michael's catalogue beginning with I, Vampire but The Vampire's Violin is a novel that definitely belongs in the library of any serious fan of literary vampires.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars his best since I, Vampire, January 25, 2004

By	[e-mail] "[e-mail]" (Beaumont, tx USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

I think that Vampire's Violin is Romkey's best book since I, Vampire (little could top it). Romkey's vampire world was starting to get a little stale and then he writes this novel. It's a haunting, beautiful tale. Romkey's use of language is as beautiful as his first half of I, Vampire. It's a story of vampires, music, love, and a violin. And a divine book.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vampire's Violin, May 10, 2003

By	Willa Oswalt (Lake Worth, FL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The very best of Michael Romkey's vampire series. The writing is a seamless weaving of fictional history entwined with a twisting plot and set before a background of haunting music.

This latest work seems like a natural for filmakers to explore in the same vein as the "Phantom of the Opera".

I am eagerly waiting to see what this gifted author's fantastic imagination will next create.

Kudos.