A Vampires Rise

Author : Erik Butler
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780231393
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise of the Vampire written by Erik Butler and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Bella and Edward; Stefan and Damon Salvatore; and Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, there was Lestat and Louis, The Lost Boys, and Buffy Summers. Before True Blood and Let the Right One In, there was Dark Shadows and Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. And then there is the most prominent of them all: Dracula, immortalized by Bram Stoker in 1897. Whether they’re evil, bloodsucking monsters or sparkling like diamonds in the sunlight, vampires have been capturing our imagination since their modest beginnings in the rustic fantasies of southeastern Europe in the early eighteenth century. Today, they’re everywhere, appearing even in movies in Japan and Korea and in reggae music in Jamaica and South Africa. Why have vampires gone viral in recent years? In The Rise of the Vampire, Erik Butler seeks to explain our enduring fascination with the creatures of the night. Exploring why a being of humble origins has achieved success of such monstrous proportions, Butler considers the vampire in myth, literature, film, journalism, political cartoons, music, television, and video games. He describes how and why they have come to give expression to the darker side of human life—though vampires evoke age-old mystery, they also embody many of the uncertainties of the modern world. Butler also ponders the role global markets and digital technology have played in making vampires a worldwide phenomenon. Whether you’re a fan of classic vampire tales or new additions to the mythology, The Rise of the Vampire is a fascinating look at our collective obsession with the undead.

Author : Colleen Gleason
Publisher : AVID PRESS
ISBN 13 : 1931419523
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rises the Night written by Colleen Gleason and published by AVID PRESS. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The saga of Victoria Gardella continues as the glorious nineteenth-century city of Rome gives rise to a new threat from the immortal undead.... Lady Victoria Gardella Grantworth de Lacy has been a vampire slayer for just over a year, balancing her life as a peer of Society with the dangerous role that takes her out on moonlit streets, stake in hand. She has learned brutal and heartbreaking lessons about the sacrifices that must be made in order to save humanity from the evil that secretly preys upon it, but she has not wavered in her vow to fight on. Now, in Italy, a powerful vampire is amassing the power to control the souls of the dead. As Victoria races across Europe to stop what could be the most deadly army the Gardellas have ever faced, her unlikely companion is Sebastian Vioget--a man as tempting as he is untrustworthy. But when Victoria discovers she has been betrayed by one of her most trusted allies, the truth will challenge all her powers as a Venator...and as a woman. "...turns vampire stories—and romances—on their ear." —The Detroit News "With its wonderfully witty writing, action-infused plot and sharply defined characters, Rises the Night is deliciously dark and delightfully entertaining." —The Chicago Tribune "A tense plot line and refreshingly diverse supporting characters complete the package, giving series fans plenty to sink their teeth into--and plenty more to look forward to." —Publishers Weekly "…Heart-stopping scenes and sexual tension. With numerous twists, [Gleason] leaves you hanging, eagerly awaiting the next installment." —Romantic Times "This novel has enough dark, angsty touches to it that I was utterly wrung out by the end. It is also so good that I couldn't wait to get online to see when the next in the series will come out...Not for the faint of heart, but the writing is wonderful and the characters really stand out vividly." —All About Romance The Gardella Vampire Hunters series should be read in order to avoid spoilers. The Victoria books are: The Rest Falls Away Rises the Night The Bleeding Dusk When Twilight Burns As Shadows Fade The complete series of five books is now available. ____ Praise for the Gardella Vampire Hunters, about a female vampire hunter in 19th Century London: "The undead rise to great heights through Gleason's phenomenal storytelling. She creates a chilling world with the perfect atmosphere of fear and sexual tension." —Romantic Times "Gleason keeps upping the ante with each novel, weaving the characters around her readers with each engaging conversation and narrative, every stage set of all the appropriate gothic gloom and melting beauty." —Book Fetish

Author : Vanessa Fewings
Publisher : Vanessa Keene
ISBN 13 : 9780989478458
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Vampire's Rise written by Vanessa Fewings and published by Vanessa Keene. This book was released on 2013-05-27 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This series is one of the best "historical" vampire series I've read." -- Bitten by Books Daumia Velde will be paying for his brother's death for the rest of his life. Not because he is guilty, but because those who are guilty need a scapegoat. Daumia would be dead himself were it not for the assistance of Sunaria, a mysterious woman appearing in the nick of time from the ghostly night of the graveyard. After years of serving the corrupt Roelle at his ranch in Spain, Daumia at last begins to think of his freedom - of paying back the men who accused him and finding a way to rise in the world. What he cannot foresee is the extent of his danger or the depth of the depravity of those who would hide their own crimes behind his ignorance. Freeing himself from their deceptions may take more than Daumia is prepared to give. It may, in fact, require his very life. In this sweeping saga of betrayal and corruption in 15th century Spain, VMK Fewings introduces us to her epic Stone Masters Vampire Series. This is the story of the man who would become one of the most powerful vampires in history. Behind the legendary Orpheus is the history of a conflicted man fighting for his place in the world - and before that, a young boy who was not meant to survive the graveyard.

Author : Joshua Hale Fialkov
Publisher : DC
ISBN 13 : 1401244467
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I, Vampire Vol. 2: Rise of the Vampires written by Joshua Hale Fialkov and published by DC. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Bennett finds himself in a place he never thought he'd reach during his countless decades walking the Earth. But his‡absence on Earth signals a deadly loss of order in the vampire hierarchy, as the savage attack on humanity he's long fearedlooks‡like its coming to pass. Plus, the vampire pilgramage beginsÑbut along the way, they encounter an ancient enemy: the Van Helsings!

Author : Julie Plec
Publisher : Originals
ISBN 13 : 9780373788897
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Originals written by Julie Plec and published by Originals. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arriving in lawless early-18th-century New Orleans in the hopes of escaping their dangerous pasts, three vampire siblings confront hostile fellow immortals who aim to end a supernatural war through marriage.

Author : Raymond A. Villareal
Publisher : Mulholland Books
ISBN 13 : 0316561657
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A People's History of the Vampire Uprising written by Raymond A. Villareal and published by Mulholland Books. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ambitious and wildly original debut -- part social-political satire, part international mystery -- a new virus turns people into something a bit more than human, upending society as we know it. This panoramic fictional oral history begins with one small mystery: the body of a young woman found in an Arizona border town, presumed to be an illegal immigrant, disappears from the town morgue. To the young CDC investigator called in to consult with the local police, it's an impossibility that threatens her understanding of medicine. Then, more bodies, dead from an inexplicable disease that solidified their blood, are brought to the morgue, only to also vanish. Soon, the U.S. government -- and eventually biomedical researchers, disgruntled lawmakers, and even an insurgent faction of the Catholic Church -- must come to terms with what they're too late to stop: an epidemic of vampirism that will sweep first the United States, and then the world. With heightened strength and beauty and a stead diet of fresh blood, these changed people, or "Gloamings," rapidly rise to prominence in all aspects of modern society. Soon people are beginning to be "re-created," willingly accepting the risk of death if their bodies can't handle the transformation. As new communities of Gloamings arise, society is divided, and popular Gloaming sites come under threat from a secret terrorist organization. But when a charismatic and wealthy businessman, recently turned, runs for political office -- well, all hell breaks loose. Told from the perspective of key players, including a cynical FBI agent, an audacious campaign manager, and a war veteran turned nurse turned secret operative, A People's History of the Vampire Uprising is an exhilarating, genre-bending debut that is as addictive as the power it describes.

Author : Chris Marie Green
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101208872
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Night Rising written by Chris Marie Green and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-02-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first book of an all-new trilogy, life proves stranger than the movies when a Hollywood underground coven of vampires comes to light-and gets targeted by the tough-as-nails daughter of a sexy screen siren. Stuntwoman Dawn Madison hasn't been on the best of terms with her father since her movie star mother died. Still, he is her dad, and when he vanishes while investigating the bizarre sighting-caught on film-of a supposedly long-dead child star, she comes home to Tinseltown to join the search for him. Working with his odd colleagues, she discovers an erotic and bloody underground society made up of creatures she thought existed only on the screen.

Author : Alyssa Day
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110151597X
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vampire in Atlantis written by Alyssa Day and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most unexpected of all allies to Poseidon's warriors has proven to be the fiercest-Daniel, a vampire and Night Guild mage. But even the strongest alliance can be destroyed when a vampire's oath crosses paths with a maiden's quest, and an eleven-thousand-year-old desire is reborn.

Author : Stephanie Hudson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781913769390
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rise of Ashes written by Stephanie Hudson and published by . This book was released on 2020-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lego sets, Star Trek and junk food in my pyjamas, This used to be how I would spend my safe and lazy days off. Now, what am I doing with my time...? High-speed chases, running from Hellhounds, fighting witches, opening boxes that threaten the entire Vampire race, and stabbing bitches with my shoes. But hey, at least I get to wear a pretty dress on my date. Now all I can hope for is that it isn't one where people end up shooting at us again. That would be nice. And all this was because I fell in love with a Vampire King... A Vampire King, who claimed me.

Author : Jay Kristoff
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 125024529X
Total Pages : 794 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empire of the Vampire written by Jay Kristoff and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER From New York Times bestselling author Jay Kristoff comes Empire of the Vampire, the first illustrated volume of an astonishing new dark fantasy saga. From holy cup comes holy light; The faithful hand sets world aright. And in the Seven Martyrs’ sight, Mere man shall end this endless night. It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness. Gabriel de León is a silversaint: a member of a holy brotherhood dedicated to defending realm and church from the creatures of the night. But even the Silver Order could not stem the tide once daylight failed us, and now, only Gabriel remains. Imprisoned by the very monsters he vowed to destroy, the last silversaint is forced to tell his story. A story of legendary battles and forbidden love, of faith lost and friendships won, of the Wars of the Blood and the Forever King and the quest for humanity’s last remaining hope: The Holy Grail.