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Captain John Drummond of the LAPD is investigating an unsolved murder from more than thirty years ago-six unidentified men, bearing Nazi SS tattoos, drained of blood-that echoes a series of unexplained deaths around the world. But these murders go back further than he expected-to World War II, to the time of the Crusades, and to a group of Knights Templar who have lived for centuries...Tags
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This is cliched - Nazi vampires meet quasi-Templar vampires with LAPD cop in the middle. But its written with some verve and, if you need a bit of pulp fiction to get you through the night, this will do. My wife calls it Mills & Boon for boys. That's about right. I'll probably buy the next one and sod the literati.
I loved the premise of this book: Knights, Nazis, Vampires and your better than average LAPD Homicide Captain. What's not to like? The execution wasn't as polished as I had hoped it would be. However, I do give the author(s) credit, there was a lot of ground to cover here. That much exposition is rarely a smooth ride. The book does labor in places but it fulfills its function well, setting up the second book beautifully.
Pretty good start to a series but somewhat disjointed and the decisions made by the main character in the end goes largely unexplained.
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Katherine Kurtz was born in Coral Gables, Florida on October 18, 1944. She received a four-year science scholarship to the University of Miami where she graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry. She completed an M.A. in medieval English history at UCLA while writing her first two novels, and working as an instructional designer for the Los Angeles show more Police Academy. She is also a professionally trained hypnotist, a student of comparative religion, and somewhat of an authority on heraldry and chivalry She has also joined with Deborah Turner Harris, and together they have written five books in an adept series of occult detective thrillers set in modern Scotland. Her first editing foray, Tales of The Knights Templar, appeared from Warner Books in 1995, which wa followed by a second volume, On Crusade: More Tales of The Knights Templar. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Roc Fantasy (LE 5256)
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- Canonical title
- Knights of the Blood
- Original title
- Knights of the Blood
- Original publication date
- 1993-07
- Dedication
- this one's for my
mom and dad. - First words
- Prologue
Los Angeles, 1972
Jack Sprague surveyed the crime scene before returing to the body. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Placing his hands around those of the priest, eyes locked with his, John Durmmond drank deeply of the communion of the Order of the Sword.
- Disambiguation notice
- There appears to be a omnibus edition of this that's called Knights of the Blood, the same title as the first novel. At Swords Point is a seperate title.
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- English
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