- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition edition (April 6 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312672853
- ISBN-13: 978-0312672850
- Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 14.2 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
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Product Description
Victor Decimus has been a vampire for over 2,000 years. Once a Roman Legionnaire, for millennia Victor has remained a step or two ahead of rivals, would-be executioners, and the mysterious Dark Kingdom, which sets the rules for vampires' existence. Having left New York and his lover - the vampire he made then abandoned to escape the vengeance of the Dark Kingdom -Victor sets himself up again, with his thrall, in New Orleans.
But in New Orleans, his thrall becomes the point of a new, larger conflict. On the one hand, a local priest seeks to break Victor's hold over the thrall; on the other, the Dark Kingdom fears that Victor is going to become a Vampire Maker - one who continually creates new vampires, while refusing to take his place on the next plain of existence and thus creating an imbalance in the powers of the universe. And between both walks Victor, determined to have his own way, exerts control and remains defiant to the end.
About the Author
MICHAEL SCHIEFELBEIN is the author of six books, including the Lamda Literary Award-nominated novels Vampire Vow, Vampire Thrall and Vampire Transgression. He lives in Modesto, California.
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Loved It! Love the Intelligent Slant on Vampire Victor..and.., Jun 29 2011
By Jane - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Vampire Maker (Paperback)
Did I read the same books as everyone else?! I loved it! I love Schefelbein's intelligent and theological approach to his Vampires...specifically Victor.Victor....spurned by Jesus himself..or Joshu as he was known at the time. He never got over it...plans to revenge..avenge...forget...renounce...his Jesus..his Joshu.
His eternal life is governed by his well-spring of emotions which he can't get past.
Now in New Orleans he meets a priest who is questioning his sexual orientation. Just what Victor loves! He loves his thrall too.
The descriptive narrative of New Orleans is excellent as it is just after the flood.
The new characters are well-fleshed out. Besides Victor, we have the priest and Victor's thrall whom Victor wants to make his vampire.
Victor life(excuse the pun) is hanging...he won't ascent...and therein lies the problem.
As usual Schefelbien makes the Catholic Church, the priest and Joshu...Victor's nemisis.
I recommend all the Schefelbien Vampire books for those who value an intelligent theological argument and excellent settings from around the world.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Didn't live up to expectation, April 26 2010
By Michael Girmonde - Published on Amazon.com
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Not even close to his previous books. This one actually was corney. Not a good read.
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Makes you hate to love Victor even more than ever, Feb 25 2010
By L. Hughes - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: VAMPIRE MAKER (Hardcover)
I don't read books very often due to the lack of time, but I got hooked on the first book in this series(Vampire VowVampire Vow) when I took a long vacation and couldn't put it down. I anxiously waited the second...third and now this one. I wish Michael would've been a little more neutral with the "pro" religious undertones (as in Vow), but a really good read nevertheless.
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