THEY THIRST
Language: English
Published by Kinnell, London, 1990
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Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. A "tour-de-force of modern vampire fiction whose large cast of characters and clever rendering of a contemporary urban setting as a classic Gothic landscape show McCammon's skill at evoking horrors on an epic scale." - Stefan Dziemianowicz. The author's fourth novel. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-225. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: Another 100 Best Books 70. Winter list, p. 270. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with small U.S. bookstore price sticker affixed to front flap. (#141820).
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- Title
- THEY THIRST
- Author
- McCammon, Robert R.
- Publisher
- Kinnell, London
- Publication year
- 1990
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1870532228
- ISBN 13
- 9781870532228
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Horror, Supernatural, Vampire Fiction
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The story begins in the tiny Hungarian hamlet of Krajeck, where nine-year-old Andre Palatazin awaits the return of his father from an unspecified--but clearly dangerous--mission. The man who finally returns is no longer Andre's father--is no longer, in fact, a man. Pursued by this undead entity, Andre and his mother barely escape with their lives. Decades later, Andre--now Andy--Palatazin is a homicide detective in the Los Angeles Police Department, and spends his days dealing with the quotidian terrors of a large metropolis. His life takes a darker turn when the demonic forces he first encountered in Krajeck arrive in L.A., led by an ancient vampire known as The Master. The Master's plan: to overrun the city and use it as a stepping-stone toward wider, ultimately global, domination.
''They Thirst'' marks the earliest appearance of McCammon's penchant for epic, wide-angled narratives. With the unobtrusive ease of a natural storyteller, the author propels a wide assortment of vividly created characters through an apocalyptic scenario that combines gritty urban realism with a powerful portrait of supernatural forces at large in the modern world. The result is a genuine classic of the genre, a novel that is as fresh and absorbing today as it was more than thirty years ago.
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