| Title: Blood Prophecy Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
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Book Description
Man and monster are in his blood. . .
His name is Jeremiah Fall. A soldier of fortune, he has been fighting his own war for 150 years--ever since the beast in him was born.
Desperate to restore his lost humanity, Fall crosses the sands of Egypt, discovers a lost city off the coast of France, and finally arrives at the birthplace of all mankind. Shunning daylight and feeding only when he must, he battles the monster who transformed him forever. He can share his deepest secret with no one . . . not even the beautiful woman he starts to love, the only human who grasps the mysteries of an ebony stone as old as creation itself.
Across the world, across time, Fall seeks the stone's secret. But has he found a cure for himself or unleashed a final curse on all mankind?
Review
BLOOD PROPHECY feels like a throwback to the old adventure novels of the late 19th century (e.g. KING SOLOMON’S MINES) but with one very modern twist: vampires.
Weaving together fact and fiction with a new vampire mythology that reimagines the biblical Creation account, BLOOD PROPHECY follows the vampiric birth of Jeremiah Fall from the early Puritan settlements in America, across the deserts of Egypt and the coasts of France, touching on the legend of Atlantis and the lost city of Ys, in search of answers to what he is, and the hope of returning to what he was.
The writing is very good, extremely descriptive without getting bogged down with unnecessary details. The character of Jeremiah Fall himself is as close to flesh and blood as fiction can get (his turning is one of the best I’ve read in a long while). But the vampire mythology was my favorite part of BLOOD PROPHECY with it’s archaeological connection to a second Rosetta Stone.
I did find myself getting impatient with the pacing, and thought the journey to the final showdown was unnecessarily tedious. And apart from Jeremiah (and his horse), none of the other characters were memorable. Still, unique mythology and a realistic tortured hero make BLOOD PROPHECY worth a read.
Sexual Content: References to rape. A brief, non-graphic sex scene. Kissing
My Rating:
3/5
Good - A fun read with minor flaws. Maybe read an excerpt before buying.
Click HERE to read an excerpt from BLOOD PROPHECY
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It sounds super cool!
ReplyDeleteand I read a couple of interviews of the author which were great. It was great to know how he got his inspiration for the book!
Thanks for the review!
Thanks for the review. I was thinking of buying this but I think I will just check it out from the libray. Sounds like a good read but not a keeper for my bookshelf.
ReplyDeleteKelly - I loved his Spooky Legends post and knew from that that the Jeremiah Fall character was going to be excellent.
ReplyDeleteTanya - Yep, that's kind of how I felt. Still a fun read, but not quite a keeper.