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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1209598 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 214 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Clark's efforts at an original variation on the vampire theme yield a novel whose plot is farfetched even by the standards of supernatural fiction. Journalist Ben Ashton is researching the origins of a graffiti tag scrawled around London warning of "Vampire Sharkz" when he encounters a real vampire in the person of unrequited flame April Connor. April is one of a rapidly growing pack of vampirized mortals doing the bidding of Edshu, an African trickster god who, for reasons murkily elaborated, is using London, and his antagonism of Ben specifically, as a means of testing the moral mettle of all humanity. Much mayhem ensues before Ben discovers that the only effective way to eliminate the vampire scourge is through the power of positive thinking. Clark (Darkness Demands) keeps the action brisk and the gore pulsing, but the novel's events are so contrived that they have to be explained for the reader's benefit in windy oratory passages from an eccentric displaced African preacher, who's the only one who can make any sense out of them. This is passable pulp, but anemic fare as far as vampire fiction goes.
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From Booklist
Here's a treat for horror fans. When mysterious graffiti starts appearing all over London, magazine writer Ben Ashton is hired to write a story about the person behind it. Little does Ben know that the graffiti ("Vampire Sharkz. They 're coming to get you") isn't just pointless vandalism. Like Anne Rice in her early vampire novels, Clark really gets under the skin of the modern vampire; rarely has the psychological trauma of transforming from mortal to immortal been rendered so movingly, and rarely has the vampire bloodlust been so vividly described. Clark, familiar to some fans of horror fiction but largely unknown by everybody else, deserves a much wider audience. This thrilling, terrifying, and deeply affecting story might just be the one that captures it for him. David Pitt
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Review
Clark's one of the best! -- Starburst

Customer Reviews

Not his Best
I was so excited when I heard that Simon Clark was putting out a new novel. I was even more excited when I found out it was going to be about vampires. His earlier versions of vampires (Vamryrrhic and Vamryrrhic Rites) were so good I could not wait to see where he went with this novel. The concept was great, but the ending is terrible. This novel could easily been longer so the ending was not as forced as it seems. Up until the last two chapters it was amazing. So read it because it is a Simon Clark novel, but if you are new to him read one of his other novels. I recommend Blood Crazy.

The King of the Modern Vampire Tale
Simon Clark has already staked his claim as one of the top names in horror fiction, but with London Under Midnight he leads the readers into some new and extremely dangerous places. The story starts with a kind of twisted whodunit but transforms into a horrific tale of bloodlust and ravenous evil.