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Summary: A Truly Great Classic Horror Novel
Review: The Ad on the cover of the paperback novel summarizes this book perfectly: "Think Hannibal Lecter by way of Anne Rice". Roderick Anscombe has created a fabulous horror novel with an enchanting style and storytelling of an Anne Rice. You are captured in the very first page of this 400+ page book and it is indeed hard to put this one down.One word of caution for those looking for a true 'Vampire' novel.... you will not find it in this book. The Count Laszlo Dracula portrayed in this story is a 'real' live man, a real count, who has no special Vampiric powers. The struggle of the Hungarian Count is an obsession to savagely rip the throats of young women and lick the blood as it flows. His internal turmoil is his struggle and shapes what his life has become. The psychological drama of the story is beautifully portrayed in every aspect of the Count's life; his internal struggle between good and evil, a doctor and yet a brutal killer, and a fiend behind the saint. Mr. Anscombe has indeed created a wonderful story of the internal strife of a man, with the style of an Anne Rice, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and the brutality of a Hannibal Lecter.
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Summary: One of the most unique vampire novels I have ever read...
Review: Wow. That word sums up this book entirely, and I need say no more. But I'll give it a shot. To those who say this isn't a vampire novel at all, I question whether you actually read this book. Not only is this a vampire novel, but IMHO one of the best in the genre. The only difference between this and a more 'traditional' vampiric tale is that the vampirism isn't supernatural, rather Dracula is inflicted with the very scary (and very, very real) condition of being a real life vampire - a human who craves blood and has an obsession with death, blood, and the taking blood and life itself. The fact that this vampire novel is in fact grounded in reality makes this work even more horrifying. Again, wow. This book scared me, and I haven't been scared by a novel since I first tried to read IT by Stephen King when I was 12. And like any good novel, not only will it shock and entertain you, but after you read it, it will leave an impression on you, and make you think about how all too real vampirism and the like can be in the real world... My highest recommendation.
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