Rulers of Darkness
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.20 (884 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312131631 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 357 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
$40,000 ad/promo.. 40,000 first printing. Set in the shadow world of vampires, a story of medical suspense and murder finds police detective Merrick Chapman hunting a bloodthirsty killer and trying to prevent the woman he loves from becoming the next victim
Exactly what I wanted The book is exactly what I wanted down to the cover picture and book condition.. "Story Telling at it's BEST" according to Sheila. This book was one of the best told books that I have ever read. The medical-murder-mystery-love story is most complelling. The way Spruill told the story and descibed all the events and characters was amazing. It felt as if I was sitting right there with the charachters watching everything happen. Merrick, Katie, and Zane were described so well it was as if I personally knew them. Being a PREVIOUS non - reading type of person Spruill change my outlook completely on reading and now I would rather read than watch a movie. This is without a doubt an author that should be recognized for all his work becase it . Sheila said Masterly Written. I picked this book up at the library barley reading the discription and just picking it up for something to read. When I got home and started to read I couldn't put it down. It's compelling in it's mysterious mixture of a scientifical, medical, murder mystery love story. The way Spruill describes all the characters and situations, you can paint the most vivid discription in your mind that's better than watching a movie. If your not a book person (as I was not) this book will quickly change your views and you won't put it down untill the end! You will IMEDIATELY fall in love with this author and want to rea
They don't know his true identity and, in the tradition of superheroes with dark secrets, he's not going to tell them. His son Zane, however, is a homicidal hemophage without guilt; he becomes Merrick's nemesis. By adding a noir-crime spin to his medical-horror formula, Spruill manages to grab hold of, and ride reasonably high on, the cape-tails of Anne Rice and the current vampire craze. . Katie O'Keefe, his recent lover and a specialist in blood research. From Publishers Weekly Spruill continues his string of medical horror novels (My Soul to Take; Before I Wake) with this slight variation on vampires: he calls his bloodsuckers "hemophages" and suggests scientific explanations for their preternatural abilities and peculiar dietary needs. Copyright 1995 Reed B