F. Paul Wilson
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 403 pages Rating: 3.85 | 2554 Users | 138 Reviews
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| Title | : | Midnight Mass |
| Author | : | F. Paul Wilson |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Mass Market Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 403 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 2005 by TOR Books (first published 1990) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Paranormal. Vampires. Fiction. Fantasy |
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Vampires have always lived in Eastern Europe. But with the fall of the Soviet Union, they began to spread across the continent, then the world, turning whole populations into vampires--or human cattle. Having overrun India, the far East, and the great cities of North and South America, the forces of Night are now spreading into the countryside to consolidate their conquest.In a town on the New Jersey shore, the vampires have just arrived, along with their human henchmen, the cowboys, who round up human cattle for the overlords in return for the promise of eternal life---later. For the vampires wish only a few of their own kind to rule, and feed. The rest of humanity are to be helpless herds, the source of the blood of life.
Falsely accused of abuse, Father Joe is drunk in a basement waiting for the end. His superior has betrayed the local Catholic congregation and become a vampire. Sister Carole has become a formidable killer of cowboys and vampires. Dan's niece, escaped from the conquest of New York, has made her way south to find him. Brought together by Rabbi Zev Wolpin, who is shaken by the vampires' fear of the cross and holy water, they plan their resistance. Against all odds, they discover that there just might be a way for humanity to really fight back.
But first they will have to kill the vampire king of New York.
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| Original Title: | Midnight Mass |
| ISBN: | 0765346346 (ISBN13: 9780765346346) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.85 From 2554 Users | 138 ReviewsAppraise Epithetical Books Midnight Mass
I first encountered the novella version of Midnight Mass in the pretty good Vampire Archives and again in the excellent Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories. The novella is excellent. Its a horror story that explores Catholic theology and the church as well as the relationship between a Catholic priest and a rabbi. These two focal characters are quite well written and much of the tension comes from whether they can survive a world drowning beneath a sea of vampires. So when the note in The VampireA Vampire-genre novel, written by one of my favorite authors. Not part of a serial, a stand-alone work. What I term a "Vampire Apocalypse" has occurred, turning large portions of our global population into vampires. Humans not turned either exist in fear in small areas, or are raised as cattle.The vampires behave as vampires in the traditional sense; they do not get to venture out of doors, they cringe at the sight of a cross, burn in sunlight, and are scarred by the cross.Midnight Mass is an
My first F Paul Wilson book and I liked it a lot. A return to the good old days of vampire lore but with a modern setting. This was a lot of fun to read, comparable to watching a solidly good B-movie.An enjoyable and clever diversion that doesn't require overthinking, but stay away from the movie (it's absolute dreck.)
Okay, this is awkward, but I somehow managed to read an abridged version of this book as part of a collection of novellas. I know this because it features only two of the characters discussed in the synopsis. Sadly, I can only assume they were the two least exciting characters as their plight did little to move me, and given the end of this novella, it cannot be a prequel. Anyway, yes, vampires. They're the threat in Midnight Mass, and at least they're of the nasty type. No sparkly ones to be
The best vampire book EVAH! One day F. Paul I hope you will let us visit Father Dan and his niece and see how they are doing in the world of vampires. If you want to read a good romance book with no sparkly vampires, just pure true evil ones, this is the book. Re-read for Halloween 2010 and it was just as good! Scary and good! Father Dan has vampire issues. The vampires want to take over the world.....for a food supply that is. Evidently us humans are mighty tasty. Now Father Dan must come to
If you're as sick of floppy-haired vampire heartthrobs as I, read this book. Wilson's vampires are the repellent, bloodsucking bastards we've come to lovingly loathe. These vampires are more Dracula and Salem's Lot than Team Edward.When the teenage girls of the world (and some of their moms) were dividing into Team Jason or Team Edward, I had already declared for Team Buffy. First of all, it's BUFFY. Second, I've always been more interested in the vampire hunters. Too often, the vampire geeks of
If vampires are real, and their bite spreads the infection, then how come they havent taken over the world? I used to hear this question all the time when I was younger, my little brother always tossing it my way whenever I tried to talk to him about a possible vampire novel or series that I wanted to write (still want to write). It is a legitimate question, yet one that I never had a satisfactory answer for at the time, and rather than trying to reason it out with him, I usually just switched
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