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Summary: The Slayer Is Back!
Review: And thank the Dark Gods & Goddesses for Karen Koehler's vivid,
razor-sharp Gothic Punk writing style! Mix THE CROW with BLADE,
add a dash of BUFFY, shake well, and get Alex Knight, The Slayer!
I read this novel(as well as Koehler's SLAYER and SCARABUS) and
visualized it as a Dark Anime film. Reading Koehler is like
reading a White Wolf novel, but with one important difference--
she packs more action, sex and violence into 10 pages than
White Wolf authors do in 300!AND her characters are totally
believable. This s the dawn of something great--we've had Anne
Rice, we've danced beneath the dark moon with Poppy Z. Brite,
and now we're stalking the night with Karen Koehler, the NEW
Queen of the Vampyre tale!
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Summary: I enjoyed this one more than the first!
Review: Slayer Black Miracles is an excellent collection of two novellas featuring the Slayer, or rather THE Slayer Alek Knight. Both novellas were well written and took the characters and macro story arc into more detailed chapters. I think the storyline is original and interesting, the vampire mythology that Koehler weaves is dark and lonely as per usual vamp stories but at the same time, the involvement of the Vatican and the competing worlds of vampires and Slayers, Coven and Hive is unique. Dragon's Blood brings Alek's blood mate and twin Debra back into the story as he fights to protect a human woman and her son from the Yakuza. The novella has some interesting twists and a few new vampires to keep it moving. Nice chemistry between Alek and Robyn as well as an interesting glimpse into the relationship between Alek as a rogue and other master vampires. Immortal introduces another dhampir, Phoenix into Alek's life. She is attacked by a serial killer and he takes her into his life and the former covenhouse to train her as he was trained by Amadeus. Again, Alek finds himself wanting a connection and finding one that is illusive. My only complaint is that this book was simply one of the worst edited pieces I've ever read. Even a few simple reads of a manuscript should have taken care of at least 60% of the atrocious syntax and spelling errors. It became distracting and then annoying by the end of Immortal and I hope that in the future, Koehler can at least have someone read the manuscript a few times before it hits the printer.
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Summary: I enjoyed this one more than the first!
Review: Slayer Black Miracles is an excellent collection of two novellas featuring the Slayer, or rather THE Slayer Alek Knight. Both novellas were well written and took the characters and macro story arc into more detailed chapters. I think the storyline is original and interesting, the vampire mythology that Koehler weaves is dark and lonely as per usual vamp stories but at the same time, the involvement of the Vatican and the competing worlds of vampires and Slayers, Coven and Hive is unique. Dragon's Blood brings Alek's blood mate and twin Debra back into the story as he fights to protect a human woman and her son from the Yakuza. The novella has some interesting twists and a few new vampires to keep it moving. Nice chemistry between Alek and Robyn as well as an interesting glimpse into the relationship between Alek as a rogue and other master vampires. Immortal introduces another dhampir, Phoenix into Alek's life. She is attacked by a serial killer and he takes her into his life and the former covenhouse to train her as he was trained by Amadeus. Again, Alek finds himself wanting a connection and finding one that is illusive. My only complaint is that this book was simply one of the worst edited pieces I've ever read. Even a few simple reads of a manuscript should have taken care of at least 60% of the atrocious syntax and spelling errors. It became distracting and then annoying by the end of Immortal and I hope that in the future, Koehler can at least have someone read the manuscript a few times before it hits the printer.
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Summary: About a half-breed supernatural and vampire hunter
Review: Slayer: Black Miracles collects two horror novellas by Karen Koehler under one cover and features the adventures of a half-breed supernatural and vampire hunter named Alek Knight. "Slayer: Dragon's Blood" resumes Alek's journey two years after destroying the Coven, when he learns of a new, soul-destroying evil that only his immortal blade can oppose. "Slayer: Immortal" is the fascinating saga of the Slayer's encounter with a lost immortal and predatory Phoenix, as ruthless as she is deathless. Slayer: Black Miracles is an engaging, action-packed double horror and fantasy read. Also very highly recommended is the first of the Alek Knight dark fantasy vampire adventures, Slayer (0967922003, $...) and Karen Koehler's Scarabus (096792202X, $...), the story of a three thousand year old demon who wages war on the cult of mad zealots who created him.
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