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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I think this book shows Lumley settling into the story a little bit better. It bypasses some of the excesses of its predecessor and drives more to the center of the story. However, I sometimes feel like Keogh is more of a storytelling gimmick than a character in the story. (  ) SwampIrish | Sep 9, 2009 |  Wamphyri! is written in a similar mould to the original Necroscope novel, in that there is extensive character exploration, then the chase, and finally an explosive finale. The sequel is best enjoyed after having read the original Necroscope, which paves the way for events contained in this second chapter. Wamphyri! is a slow burner for the first 200 pages, which follows the historical adventures of the Wamphyri introduced in the first book. After that, the plot shifts up a gear in to more modern times. Plenty of new characters are introduced and Lumley works hard to produce a twisting tale, laden with suspense, intrigue and horror. He is clearly creating a whole mythos to himself within the supernatural genre. The finale is rather too neat, in which all the plotlines are neatly sown up, but is exciting none-the-less. A great entry in to a classic series. ( ) SonicQuack | Jan 15, 2009 | Not a bad sequel, but not as good as the first one. I rank it lower because the story lines felt much less connected and cohesive. We had the Yulian POV section, then the joint ESPer adventures, then Harry traipsing all over the place trying to connect with dead entities who know about the true nature of vampires, then we get those narratives (both from Tibor and Faethor) and then finally the left-over ESPers in both Russia and England. Eventually they all came together as one story, but I found the telling pretty choppy. Plus there was a more metaphysical aspect to things than previously which lent an aura of unreality that jarred pretty heavily against all the mundane spy-ops stuff and KGB shenanigans. I’ll probably wait a bit before reading the 3rd one (if I get to it at all) because I remember it coming quite unglued after this one. (  ) Bookmarque | Nov 4, 2008 | yoyogod | Apr 26, 2007 | Icky, gory vampire books. This is the last one I read in this series; I didn't want to continue with the story. (  ) herebedragons | Feb 4, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
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