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    Manitou Blood

    By Graham Masterton

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    An army of the undead threatens humanity.

    In one of the hottest summers for decades, New York City is swept by a strange and terrible epidemic. Doctors are helpless as victims fall prey to a bizarre blood disorder. They can no longer eat solid food, they become hypersensitive to sunlight and they have an irresistible need to drink human blood.

    As panic grips the city, psychic Harry Erskine must enter the shadowy realms between the living and the dead, and call on native American spirits to help him...

    'One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time' PETER JAMES.

    'A true master of horror' JAMES HERBERT.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHead of Zeus
    Release dateJul 14, 2017
    ISBN9781786692870
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    Graham Masterton

    Graham Masterton was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1946. He worked as a newspaper reporter before taking over joint editorship of the British editions of Penthouse and Penthouse Forum magazines. His debut novel, The Manitou, was published in 1976 and sold over one million copies in its first six months. It was adapted into the 1978 film starring Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg, Stella Stevens, Michael Ansara, and Burgess Meredith. Since then, Masterton has written over seventy-five horror novels, thrillers, and historical sagas, as well as published four collections of short stories and edited Scare Care, an anthology of horror stories for the benefit of abused children. He and his wife, Wiescka, have three sons. They live in Cork, Ireland, where Masterton continues to write.  

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    • 3/5
      Even though he has, according to the bio on the book, written over 70 books, I'd never heard of Graham Masterson. I struggled a bit with Manitou Blood, even though it stands alone very well for a series book. What lost me was an annoying shift in POV between 1st-person Harry Erskine and the third-person gastrologist. The gastrologist, a medically-trained doctor, seems to have a poor concept of the consequences when a woman he saw die pays a visit to his bedroom later that night. I suppose it was mind control, but Masterton never established it as a characteristic of the vampires, and failed to show it happening later, either. It also starts out as a medical drama and ends up with a lot of spiritual hand-waving. Maybe it made more sense if you'd read the preceding volumes?
    • 1/5
      This is the 4th in the Manitou series. I really enjoyed the first three and love Masterton's books but I just couldn't get into this one at all and so it hit the wall I'm afraid.Back Cover Blurb:A bizarre epidemic is sweeping New York City. Doctors can only watch as, one by one, victims fall prey to a very unusual blood disorder. They become unable to eat solid food, are extremely sensitive to daylight - and they have an irresistible need to drink human blood....As panic, bloodlust and death grip the city, a few begin to consider the unimaginable: Could the old folktales and legends be true? Could the epidemic be the work of....vampires? Their search for the truth will lead them to shadowy realms where very few dare to go. They will seek help from both the living and the dead. And they will realize that their worst fear was only the beginning.
    • 5/5
      I hadn't read a Graham Masterton horror in over half a decade, which is odd since he was once my favourite horror author. I was excited by the prospect of him returning to previous material, i.e. Indian supernatural folklore. Well, forget that. This book plunges you in to modern-day post-9/11 NYC. It's clever, fast-paced, sexy and gory. A slickly crafted style, half first person, half usual narrative, yet blended in a way that the reader is not displaced by the style. In fact, it's the only book in years to give me the heeby-jeebies (that spooky sensation that tells you evil has been well crafted). This is high-octane horror and Masterton has clearly had a strong story in mind from the offset. It's Terry Pratchett style, with a historical idea being warped for modern day story-telling - no bad thing at all. So, if you want a full-flavoured horror, which introduces some great new twists within the genre, although a little predictable in places, then Manitou Blood is definitely up your alley.