The Last Vampire: A Novel

by Whitley Strieber

The Hunger (2)

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The Number One New York Times bestselling author returns to the world of The Hunger with the long-awaited sequel to the cult classic. Whitley Strieber's vampire classic, The Hunger, reinvented the genre and created a truly eternal heroine in Miriam Blaylock. Now, after two decades of mounting anticipation, The Last Vampire finally steps back into Miriam's shadow and weaves a tale of stunning invention and mounting suspense. Miriam Blaylock's insatiable hunger has never ceased. Her show more incomparable beauty has made her a legend among the Keepers. She knows the secret of civilisation, and the mysteries of life. In the hollow soul of her mother she has witnessed the agony of undeath. For centuries she has gained the wisdom of God and the wit of the Devil. For centuries she has felt safe. Until now. For Miriam Blaylock, immortality is a thing of the past. He watches, Interpol agent Paul Ward knows of them. The undead. He has battled them, cleansed entire continents of their exquisite poison. He possesses their sacred Book of Names. He knows their weaknesses...and fears his own: Miriam Blaylock. Elusive and toxic, she has escaped his complex network of hunters for years. Seductive and cunnin show less

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Whitley Strieber was born on June 13, 1945 in San Antonio, Texas. He received a B.A. from the University of Texas in 1968 and a certificate from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Before becoming an author, he worked at an advertising agency from 1970 to 1977, going from account supervisor to vice president. He is the author of show more several novels including The Wolfen, The Hunger, Superstorm, The Last Vampire, Lilith's Dream, 2012: The War for Souls, The Omega Point, Critical Mass, Melody Burning, and the Alien Hunter series. In 1987, he published Communion: A True Story, which described his personal encounters with extraterrestrials. His other non-fiction works include Transformation, Breakthrough: The Next Step, The Secret School, Solving the Communion Enigma: What Is to Come, and Miraculous Journey. He founded the Communion Foundation in 1989 to assist in establishing a productive relationship with alien beings. He is the host of the paranormal and fringe science-themed internet podcast, Dreamland, available on a weekly basis from his website, Unknown Country. (Bowker Author Biography) Whitley Strieber, the co-author of the recent "New York Times" "Coming Global Superstorm", is the author of two classic pieces of American horror fiction: "The Hunger" & "The Wolfen". He is also widely known for his multi-million-copy best-selling account of his own close encounter, "Communion: A True Story". He is engaged in the most advanced research being conducted into the physical evidence of close encounters, & the supernatural in general, today. (Publisher Provided) show less

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Original title
The Last Vampire
Original publication date
2001
People/Characters
Miriam Blaylock; Paul Ward

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Horror, General Fiction, Fantasy
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3569 .T6955 .L37Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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