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Original Title: | They Thirst |
ISBN: | 0913165603 (ISBN13: 9780913165607) |
Edition Language: | English |
Robert R. McCammon
Hardcover | Pages: 412 pages Rating: 3.89 | 10813 Users | 378 Reviews

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Title | : | They Thirst |
Author | : | Robert R. McCammon |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 412 pages |
Published | : | June 1991 by Dark Harvest (first published January 1st 1981) |
Categories | : | Horror. Paranormal. Vampires. Fiction. Fantasy. Thriller. Supernatural |
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A MASS MURDER. A DISAPPEARANCE. A CEMETERY RANSACKED. It looked like another ordinary day in Los Angeles Then night came.... Evil as old as the centuries has descended upon the City of Angels---it comes as a kiss from the terrifying but seductive immortals. Slowly at first, then by the legions, the ravenous undead choke Los Angeles with bloodthirsty determination---and the hordes of monstrous victims steadily mount each night. High above glitter city a deadly contest begins. In the decaying castle of a long-dead screen idol, the few remaining human survivors prepare to face the Prince of Evil and his satanic disciples. Whilst the very forces of nature are called into play, isolating the city from the rest of the world and leaving it at the mercy of the blood-hungry vultures of the night.... THEY THIRST Theirs is a lust that can never be satisfied... Afterword by authorRating Based On Books They Thirst
Ratings: 3.89 From 10813 Users | 378 ReviewsEvaluate Based On Books They Thirst
I feel a bit bad when my reaction to THEY THIRST is indifference, even impatience, same as to the other McCammon works I've read. This novel is lots of telling, telling, tellingover 500 pages of tellingand no showing. On a line-to-line basis McCammon's not a bad writer, he's just bland and pedestrian, with little snap, wit, or insight in his prose. It's a sprawling vampire epic set in the glittering midnight environs of the City of Angels, Hollywood USA. Characters, while plentiful, are stockDeath smiled---a boyish smile---through an old mans eyes. Welcome, he said. When you live in those Middle European countries like Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Serbia, you grow up hearing stories of monsters. The very air, the darkness, the looming mountains, and the shrieks... at the very heart of the night... that stirs people from a sound sleep with terror blooming in the midst of their waking nightmares, convinces even the most cynical of minds to believe that evil beings lurk

Im both excited and appalled; excited because I picked such a good McCammon to read and appalled that it took me this long to finally read one of his books! Im a huge horror fan but even I get side tracked by the myriad of available new reads pouring out all the time from beneath gifted pens, but this is 80s horror which is one of my favorites and it didnt fail to be as good as it should have. The story reads almost like a movie because its so colorful, crazy and picturesque, it starts off very
brief synopsis: The story begins in Hungary, where a boy's father has gone off on a dangerous mission. He tells the son to take care of his mother in case anything happens to him. But shortly after he leaves, he returns, and he has changed. The mother runs off with the boy and heads for sanctuary. Years later, that boy (Andre Palatazin) is now a police detective in Los Angeles, his mother now dead. One morning he is awakened by what appears to be his mother, sitting in her favorite rocking
Best vampire book ever!!!I am so sick and tired of soulful, guilt ridden vampires. Whatever happened to evil vampires? The ones who want to rid the earth of humanity? The ones that make you wake up in the middle of the night scared that you might not live to see the sun rise? Dont get me wrong, I am a huge Anne Rice fan (Lestat is one of the all time best characters) and Buffy (although that is a movie/tv show), but vampires are suppose to strike fear into peoples hearts not make you want them
Because I was under the impression this novel is little more than a riff on Stephen Kings Salems Lot, I avoided it for a long time. However, in the last year or two Ive really become a major Robert McCammon fan and decided to finally give this 1981 epic horror novel a chance. Was I impressed! Lets address the elephant in the room: yes, this novel has a few slight similarities to Kings vampire novel. Amongst this novels wide and varied cast of characters is a Catholic priest and an
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