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# Read ! Slave of My Thirst by Tom Holland ↠ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Slave of My Thirst Adventure--and transformation Minsma *Slave of My Thirst* is an engaging trip through a number of narrative styles, from an hilariously oafish British colonial officer, to Bram Stoker's journal, to the diary of the Sherlock Holmes-like hero, Jack Eliot, and beyond. Each voice is distinctive, advancing the plot from its own point of view, making for an interestin. Wanting more Lauren Having recently read Holland's first Byron novel, _Lord of the Dead_, i couldn't wait to read this one, and I was
| Title | : | Slave of My Thirst |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.42 (873 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0671540521 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 422 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-07 |
| Language | : | English |
Like Stoker's masterpiece, this book is arranged as a series of letters, journal, and diary entries. Holland mixes all of these associations together and serves up an entertaining concoction all his own. Literary junk food, perhaps, but you won't stop after just one bite. Stoker here plays Doctor Watson to a Doctor John Eliot's Sherlock Holmes. But in this novel, those forces are not thugs but zombies, and Kali is not just a statue but a supernatural power who summons Jack the Ripper into the book. From Library Journal These days, what can a writer do to make his vampire novel stand out from the pack? In Lord of the Dead (LJ 1/96), Holland made Lord Byron one, and he brings his vampire Byron back in this new novel, narrated in part by Bram Stoker. . Highly recommended.?Charles Michaud, Turner Free Lib., Randolph, Mass.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. The book's opening section, though, comes right out of the movie Gunga Din, comp
Adventure--and transformation Minsma *Slave of My Thirst* is an engaging trip through a number of narrative styles, from an hilariously oafish British colonial officer, to Bram Stoker's journal, to the diary of the Sherlock Holmes-like hero, Jack Eliot, and beyond. Each voice is distinctive, advancing the plot from its own point of view, making for an interestin. Wanting more Lauren Having recently read Holland's first Byron novel, _Lord of the Dead_, i couldn't wait to read this one, and I was not disappointed at all. I've read all of the reviews saying how contrived the historial characters are, and i strongly disagree. Bram Stoker is exactly how i imagined him, a sweet yet doddering man with a simple . "A Wonderful, Page-Turner of a Gothic Novel" according to Craig Larson. I read this book in the British version, with alternate title _Supping With Panthers_. It isn't exactly the most inspired of plots and the characters are pretty derivative (as others have noted)--John Eliot, the protagonist, is a pretty-thinly disguised version of Sherlock Holmes, for example. But there is something undeniabl
After investigating a mysterious epidemic, Dr. Searching for his friend, Eliot encounters the seductive Lilah--and Lilah will not rest until she has coaxed Eliot's most monstrous impulses out into the open and unleashed them on unsuspecting London.. From the acclaimed author of Lord of the Dead comes a mesmerizing vampire tale that takes us to the back streets of 19th-century London. John Eliot returns to London to find an old friend missing
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