I've just finish the last 150 pages in one go.
I enjoyed it although it is what it is. You could easily create a good fast pace vampire TV movie with this but nothing much. Maybe a couple of sequels and even a prequel.
This book was written by Blake Crouch, F Paul Wilson, Jack Kilborn and Jeff Strand. It was created to counter Anti-Twilight movement of vampires. They want gore and mayhem like the vampires of olde. In the end there is a small interview between them where they explain their thought process and who wrote what. After reading that part and if you know the authors other work you kind understand and see, oh I can see a trace of FPW here or the pace of Blake Crouch etc. But it's not mandatory.
The story begins fast with Moorecock which receives a cranium quite different from normal human beings - full of thieves and quite big so he uses the cranium to bit himself. Shanna who is a student/scientist and Jenny who is a caretaker bring him to the hospital where things start to happen. Initially is just a scratch but quite soon people start changing just into bloodthirsting vampire who can only thing about blood.
We follow a dozen characters, from a police officer, a lumberjack, a priest, a doctor among others.
I really enjoy the novel and the fast pace. I would happily advice to anyone who wants a good vampire story - not Dracula or Twilight.
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