The Blood Books, Vol. 1 (Blood Price / Blood Trail)

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Vicki Nelson is an ex-homicide cop turned private detective. Mike Celluci, Vicki's former parter, is still on the force. Henry Fitzroy is an author of bodice rippers-and a vampire. Together, the trio find themselves caught up in mysteries with a supernatural slant-from demons to werewolves and every otherworldly creature in between.

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Vampire book.......2007-09-22

I am having a lot of trouble getting into this book. Not my cup of tea really. I think I prefer my vampires in a historical setting ala Dracula.

Great Book.......2007-09-06

This is a really great book and it was delivered to me in a timely manner.

Just fun!.......2007-08-31

Any time I describe the concept behind this series to someone(ex-cop with night blindness teams up with a vampire to help her with night work), they laugh and then go get a pencil and paper so they can write it down. I ate this first volume up in a couple of days and ran out to get the next two. These are interesting and engaging, and don't take themselves too seriously. If you like Laurell K. Hamilton and Karen Armstrong, you'll probably like Tanya Huff, too.

Vampire.......2007-07-03

These books are good if you like vampire books. These are the books that Lifetime TV are basing their new show Blood Ties on. I liked the show so I ordered the books to read.

I wish I'd found this series earlier..........2007-06-20

Like several other people, I bought this book because of the TV show "Blood Ties", which I enjoyed, but found cheesy upon occassion. I expected the books to be similar, but was pleasantly surprised.

These novel focus on the actual mystery/action/conflict. There is some sexual tension and little bit of sex, but it more alluded to than shoved in your face (no detailed sex scenes, YAY!!!). The characters of Vicki, Celluci, and Henry are 3-D and well thought out. There are snippits from Henry's past, which I love. It makes him more of a character than on the TV show where he just shows up, does the vampy thing, and goes on. Vicki is an amazing strong heroine who takes no crap from anyone.

As someone else stated, the first novel follows the TV Pilot exactly. I already knew what was going to happen, so it was a little dull. Not because of the writing though. The second novel was very good, with a family of werewolves who are being killed systematically by silver bullets.

Another thing I like about these novels were the "villians". Instead of just pure evil people, like in so many other novels, these villians are fairly normal people who slowly are tempted into evil. Nice touch and more believable.

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The High Blood Pressure Hoax
Not for the Average Guy

The High Blood Pressure Hoax

Manufacturer: Sandkey publishing
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ASIN: 1887202056

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Blood pressure drugs guarantee you will get worse, for they actually deplete the nutrients that cause high blood pressure, making sure you will need even more medications. They also shrink the brain and raise your risk of heart attack, senility and blindness. High blood pressure is not a deficiency of blood pressure-lowering drugs. But there are dozens of ways you can permanently cure your high blood pressure without drugs. And since healthy blood vessels determine the longevity of every organ in the entire body, you need this book even if you dont have high blood pressure, for vascular health is key to total body health and longevity. First of all every single cell of your body depends on the health of your blood vessels that supply them. If you dont want to get Alzheimers, then you need a healthy brain, but it is only as healthy as its blood supply. Likewise, if you dont want cancer (or you are trying to heal it), it starts (and spreads) in areas of poor circulation. The High Blood Pressure Hoax will show you that for every ailment even one as simple as high blood pressure, there are multiple causes and multiple cures. You have a lot to choose from. In fact, I would suggest you read the entire book before you chose your program. For by understanding how the various causes work, you (who know your body and medical history better than anyone else) have the optimum opportunity for choosing the best solution for you. This is the ultimate plan for vascular health, but it doesnt stop there. It also continues on from where Detoxify or Die left off and takes you to more powerful levels of detoxification. I cant wait to empower you! So lets get started.

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The High Blood Pressure Hoax.......2007-02-25

The High Blood Pressure Hoax is an excellent informative book that will enlighten the layperson about blood pressure and how to prevent hypertension. Dr Rogers explains everything in laymans terms and gives you an easy plan to follow. After all high blood pressure and many ailments aren't a lack of drugs but a lack of nutrients!!

Not for the Average Guy.......2007-01-06

My doc suggested I read this to better understand nutrition and its impact on health. He beleves that doctors are more inclined to treat symptoms rather than underlying causes and that this shortcoming in medical education and practive is changing quickly. But not quickly enough. If you have an MD degree, you could breeze thru this book. But for the average guy its like trying to read something written by an alien. Even if you glean a good idea, you'll have a lot of trouble putting it into practice as the foods and supplements suggested are difficult to locate.

Surgical Anatomy and Physiology for the Surgical Technologist

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Surgical Anatomy and Physiology for the Surgical Technologist
Kevin B. Frey , and Paul Price
Manufacturer: Cengage Delmar Learning
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ASIN: 0766841138

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Anatomy and physiology, a key part of the core curriculum in surgical technology, is the central basic science course around which the knowledge of surgical technology revolves. However, most conventional A&P books do not cover the surgical aspects of anatomy and physiology that the Core Curriculum for Surgical Technology requires. Surgical Anatomy and Physiology for the Surgical Technologist provides the basic concepts of A&P and applies them to practical surgery. Throughout the book, examples show how the anatomy and physiology of a particular body system or organ relates to a surgical procedure. This resource includes case studies, review questions, key terms, objectives for each chapter, and information boxes that tie specific anatomical elements to surgical practice. This book meets the requirements of the current edition of the Core Curriculum for Surgical Technology.

Blood Price: Victory Nelson Private Investigator: Otherworldly Crimes a Specialty (Victory Nelson)

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Super Reader
A must read for Vampire fans
Prince Charming meets Lady P.I., macabre style
Even Vampires Need Friends
For lovers of Jim Butcher and/or Laurel K. Hamilton

Blood Price: Victory Nelson Private Investigator: Otherworldly Crimes a Specialty (Victory Nelson)
Tanya Huff
Manufacturer: DAW
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ASIN: 0886774713

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Super Reader.......2007-08-26

This is a really solid novel. Not even that much of a romance, I suppose it could be thrown in as a ghost buster.

An ex-cop who quit when she couldn't be the star detective anymore because of her eyesight is now a PI, and when a serial killer keeps working, she, her old lover and colleague, and the vampire she runs into have a demon to stop.

I'd happily read more. People that like your standard mystery books, the Night Stalker, things like that would probably find this ok too I think.

A must read for Vampire fans.......2007-06-11

I first heard about this book when the series was about to premiere on Lifetime and decided I simply had to read the wonderful books the show was based on.

Ms. Huff creates engaging characters and a first class plot making this title a unique take on the vampire genre. I was hooked within the first few pages and couldn't put the book down until I'd finished it. Now having read all of the books in this series and the three titles in the spin off series I can say without qualification that this is one of the best series of books in the vampire genre today. I highly recommend it.

Prince Charming meets Lady P.I., macabre style.......2007-04-04

Since there is a synopsis of the book provided in previous reviews, I'll forego including my own. Blood Price is one step above a guilty pleasure...it's more like an empty pleasure, kind of like empty calories. It's pure amusement. The banter between the principle characters is sassy and entertaining. Vicki Nelson is a short-tempered person, sometimes bewilderingly irritable. But of course, since she is trying to cope with a progressive, incurable eye disease; wounded pride comes with the territory. As for Mike Celluci, her ex-partner and the third player in the love triangle, he has not been given enough time in this first book of the series. He's hardly more than a plot device, spitting out pertinent information about both the case and Vicki's history so the reader will have more than one thing to piece together while waiting for Vicki's next encounter with Henry. And while Henry is supernatural, mysterious, and captivating, he is not invincible. This only adds to his charm. However, his history is explained far too often with flashbacks. They appear suddenly and require some disorientation before the information can be processed.

Together, this trio solves the caper, narrowing in on a rather one-dimensional bad guy who himself seems to serve no greater purpose than moving the plot along rather than be a character in his own right. Then again, the story isn't really about the antagonist. It's how a hard-boiled ex-cop who has a servicable physical relationship with her previous colleague begins to take on a new physical relationship that is even more servicable to her new partner. It keep him alive.

Blood Price is definatley more action driven than character driven, but it's a decent read. Something for lunch breaks and mental health days. It was a book I could put down, but I always came back to it when I left it by my chair.

Even Vampires Need Friends.......2007-02-15

Blood Price (1991) is the first fantasy novel in the Blood series. Victoria Nelson -- Vicki -- is a former Toronto homicide detective who had resigned for medical reasons. She had been diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa and experienced various visual disorders, including night blindness, tunnel vision and myopia. Now she worked as a private detective on cases that don't overtask her senses.

In this novel, eight months after leaving the force, Vicki witnesses the death of a young man attacked by something that tore out his throat. Her former partner -- Mike Celluci -- responds to the call. As usual, she and Mike fight over everything, but even Mike confesses that he had missed fighting with her.

Now she can't seem to let go of the case, particularly when similar deaths occur. The media start speculating about the murders being vampire slayings. She keeps calling her friends in the coroner's office and the Criminal Investigation Division to find out more information. She even goes to the scenes to look for clues missed by the police.

One night, she catches up with the killer just as he is disappearing. She also finds a vampire on the scene, but he punches her out and takes her to his apartment. Henry Fitzroy, the vampire, has a choice: kill her or trust her with his story. He takes the second course, although he can always remedy any mistake by killing her later.

Henry is the illegitimate son of King Henry VIII of England. He is now four hundred and fifty years old and has been a vampire for most of that time. He was made a vampire by Christina, who also rescued him from his deep grave after his apparent death at the age of seventeen.

Henry explains to Vicki that the killer is a lesser demon, who is working on a scheme to open this world to Hellish havoc. Since they can't trust the police with this information, Henry and Vicki need to nullify the scheme. Vicki is charged with finding the master and Henry will try to take out the lesser demon.

Then Coreen, girlfriend of the first victim, hires Vicki to find the alleged vampire. Even if the police don't believe in vampires (or demons), Vicki has an acceptable reason to search for clues. Besides, the client will pay for her time and expenses.

In this story, Vicki finds Tony to find out the mood on the streets. After a night nurse is killed by would-be vampire hunters, Mike asks her to pass on the details to another contact -- a media columnist -- to reduce the panic. Henry is also glad to have a little less hysteria about vampires.

Greg, the night security guard in Henry's apartment building, is beginning to suspect that he is a vampire. Henry fails to control his expression upon first seeing the vampire stalker headline and really frightens Greg. Then the day guard points out Henry's vampire-like lifestyle. After the murder of another resident, Greg actually comes to Henry's apartment with a croquet stake just in case; Vicki heads off that attempt, but forgets to tell Henry.

This story is another vampire tale with a twist. The vampire is one of the good guys and fights to save his mortal friend. The bad guys are demons, to whom few readers would object as villains. Although there is one mortal villain, Norman Birdwell, a computer geek with delusions of persecution; somehow he seems to deserve his eventual fate.

Some of the reviewers seem to have trouble understanding the character motivations in this tale. Vicki and Mike [...] heads because they are competing in the macho police culture. Staff-Sergeant Gowan hates Vicki because she was much better at police work than he will ever be. Vicki avoids her mother because Mom always forces her into the role of a young child. Henry is afraid of terrified Toronto residents running amuck while searching for vampires, but he is also scandalized by the thought of a vampire "child" being abandoned by his "parent". Norman is very angry at others who laugh at him; he also lacks a sense of empathy and blames everyone else for his own mistakes (classic psychopathic personality).

For someone who avoids horror flics and vampire movies, I seem to have become heavily involved in a certain type of vampire novel. Beginning with Hambly's Those Who Hunt the Night, I began to read vampire stories with classical fantasy motifs, such as quests. Then I discovered vampire mysteries. Now I read vampire related stories by Hamilton, Harris, Harrison, Huff and others.

Highly recommended for Huff fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of supernatural ploys, preternatural concerns and confused lovers.

-Arthur W. Jordin

For lovers of Jim Butcher and/or Laurel K. Hamilton.......2005-09-13

Another great series that has vampires, werewolves, mummies and more! The love interest in right up Laurel K. Hamilton's lane. Strong female and male characters. I highly recommend this series.

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Just Couldn't finish it!
THE PRICE OF BLOOD
The Price of Blood
Great start...
Oh, the deception!

The Price of Blood
Chuck Logan
Manufacturer: HarperTorch
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ASIN: 0061096229

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In just two books (Hunter's Moon was his first book), Chuck Logan has established himself as a thriller writer with all the necessary gifts for greatness: a strong and original voice, a formidable narrative engine, and a heart big enough to give life to a wide variety of characters. At the center of the story are Phil Broker, an undercover cop in a small Minnesota town, and Nina Pryce, a career soldier and the daughter of the man who shaped Broker's life in Vietnam. Both are fascinating people, bristling with edges and attitude, and Logan has surrounded them with dozens of other characters of equally surprising depth. Add to that a crackerjack treasure hunt and a trip to present-day Vietnam that reeks of reality and you've got what could well be the best thriller of the year.

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In the last 20 years Phil Broker has pulled himself together. A good, tough undercover cop in Minnesota, he knows the difference between a sucker punch and a lucky break. And although he's put his Vietnam years behind him, the grown daughter of his old commander has been dogging his heels for months. Nina Pryce is trying to exonerate her dishonorably discharged dead father and—more importantly—find the 10 tons of gold he helped liberate during a U.S. commando mission.

Broker doesn't like the smell of it. Still, Nina has her charms, and can be very persuasive. The only problem is, two of Broker's old army buddies have beaten them to the search. Rich, sadistic Cyrus La Porte has the means, but no direction. Convicted thief Jimmy Tuna has a line on the location but no cash. Jimmy's a dying man with nothing left to win—or lose. And Broker and Nina know both men would kill them for the slimmest chance to take it all.

A riveting suspense novel that reads like a thrilling treasure hunt with a murderous legacy that echoes down from the past.

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In the last 20 years Phil Broker has pulled himself together. A good, tough undercover cop in Minnesota, he knows the difference between a sucker punch and a lucky break. And although he's put his Vietnam years behind him, the grown daughter of his old commander has been dogging his heels for months. Nina Pryce is trying to exonerate her dishonorably discharged dead father and -- more importantly -- find the 10 tons of gold he helped liberate during a U.S. commando mission.

Broker doesn't like the smell of it. Still, Nina has her charms, and can be very persuasive. The only problem is, two of Broker's old army buddies have beaten them to the search. Rich, sadistic Cyrus La Porte has the means, but no direction. Convicted thief Jimmy Tuna has a line on the location but no cash. Jimmy's a dying man with nothing left to win -- or lose. And Broker and Nina know both men would kill them for the slimmest chance to take it all.

A riveting suspense novel that reads like a thrilling treasure hunt with a murderous legacy that echoes down from the past."

Customer Reviews:

Just Couldn't finish it!.......2006-10-21

I tried, God knows, I tried. I worked on this book for a week and just could not finish it. It usually takes me a day, or two, to read a book but I only got to the middle of this one and simply COULD NOT GO ON! I didn't care! Did they ever get the treasure? WHO CARES? It was SOOOO slow it was unbelievable. I was disappointed as I've read other, much better books by this author and this was one of his earlier works! I'm amazed the publisher stuck around with him waiting for him to get better. This book was just...aweful.

THE PRICE OF BLOOD.......2004-12-25

Another Vietnam vet from my unit, the 175th Assault Helicopter Company, "OUTLAWS" sent this on to me as a good read. It certainly was, and I devoured it for quite a few nights on end. It has some brutal horror to it, and makes me glad I am not a cop nor continued in the service. The physical Vietnam Broker returns to is probably just as described, and I have never had any wish to revisit. Trin is accurately described as a Vietnamese, and I can picture the life these former VC veterans and ARVNS had after 1975. The only complaint I would venture about the novel is that it is hard for me to believe some really tight vets would have this much intrigue between each other at all. Much too evil. I would assume their relationships would be more like Trin's and Broker's. However, the book is a real page-turner and I look forward to many works from author Chuck Logan. In the meantime, we former helicopter pilots should produce more on our Huey flying experiences! OUTLAWS IN VIETNAM is my contribution and can be found here on Amazon, too.

The Price of Blood.......2000-02-23

This author, Chuck Logan is a talented writer. He has a good grip on the requirements for successful commercial fiction. The Price of Blood is a suspense thriller with so many twists and surprises one almost need to keep a list. To say that the reader is kept off balance a good deal of the time is to understate the case.

Phil Broker is an undercover cop, with almost twenty years in service to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal apprehension. He served some time in harness, but his inability to deal with tight structure and a rigid chain of command sent him into the murky, swirling waters of undercover law enforcement. Broker has become a master of the sleight-of-hand maneuver. He's a veteran of Viet Nam, but he's not by any measure a superhero, which makes him an intriguing protagonist.

Comes suddenly to his home, interrupting a sting, the grown-up daughter of his commanding officer in the last action Broker saw in Vietnam. Nina Pryce, who's father was posthumously cashiered amid charges of lethal incompetence and stealing treasure, has dumped her own army career while trying to clear her father's name. Now she wants Broker's help to rehabilitate her father, and not incidentally, her own career. Reluctantly, he decides to help, pushed into the effort by some very weird and dangerous characters.

Like Logan's other books, The Price of Blood brims with verisimilitude, action, a pell-mell pace and a pretty high body count. It's exciting, clean, and makes an exciting entertainment.

Great start..........2000-02-15

I'm always interested in books about Vietnam vets written by Vietnam vets and that was what got me to read this book. The protagonist, Phil Broker, served in the waning days of the conflict and was, unwittingly, involved in the theft of 10 tons of gold from the bank of Hue. The plot is all about hunting the gold, assorted derring do, having illusions about your old comrades shattered or renewed, and generally driving on. It also has one of the most interesting female characters I have found in a long time: Nina Pryce, ex-Gulf War heroine, daughter of a disgraced officer, and likely to "be the first woman to win a CIB." (The CIB is the Combat Infantryman's Badge, probably the most coveted of Army awards since getting it honestly requires the recipient to have actually been involved in action with the enemy). The book gets off to a great, but somewhat confusing, start but like a runner on a steep hill, slows considerably thereafter. The middle of the book is almost interminable. Good solid prose, but 'way too much of it. The ending, well, read it yourself, but skim the middle 100 or so pages... no loss. This was a great 180 pager stretched to fill almost 400. Do they pay authors by the word, or what?

Oh, the deception!.......1999-05-28

Shame on all of you. After reading these sterling reviews, I was prepared for a real treat when I picked up Logan's novel. My goodness, the horror I felt as I slogged through this interminable mess. After an intriguing start, the plot feels as if it's walking through quicksand. Long after we know the setup--gold in Vietnam, must beat evil old army buddy to it--Logan hurtles his hero all over the country in pointless, needlessly detailed subplots. I mean, my God, this just absolutely killed the suspense he had so perfectly created in the early going. Also, Logan completely abandons the disarming touches of almost self-mocking humor in favor of corny, heavy-handed machismo. I was still laughing but at parts which were clearly intended to be dramatic and hard-boiled. Logan needed to lop about 150 pages out of the center of this thing and then he might have had something. By the end, I just didn't care anymore, I only wanted the book to end. Logan can surely write--and he knows it. He suffers from a case of literary narcissism and seems incapable of writing a short, well-crafted sentence. His tough guy act strives for Hemingway but I can only imagine Papa scoffing at some of the long-winded tripe this bloated work contains.

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Should Have Been Better
Dark yet poetic view of Italian-American Working Class life
I don't know how he does it but...
Although not his best seller, possibly his best
Highly entertaining and very real

Blood Brothers
Richard Price
Manufacturer: Mariner Books
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ASIN: 0395977738

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Eighteen-year-old Stony De Coco is trapped in a working-class world that offers him only one way of proving his loyalty, and no way out.

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Should Have Been Better.......2007-10-06

I almost titled my review Could Have Been Better, but I changed the first word to Should, instead. Having read most of Richard Price's books, I know that he is capable of doing better than this. BLOOD BROTHERS is not as gripping as his first work, THE WANDERERS, nor as compelling as subsequent works, such as the staggeringly good CLOCKERS or even SAMARITAN. Although BLOOD BROTHERS is OK and I would recommend it to any fan of Price's, it simply does not measure up to the standard Price set for himself.

BLOOD BROTHERS covers much of the same ground as THE WANDERERS. Again, the reader feels the alienation and hopelessness of the world inhabited by the characters. The grit is so ever-present that washing one's hands after putting the book down is not out of the question. Yet the ground covered is a little too familiar. There is not much here that feels original. I am reminded of the trouble of being a good rock band. You need a sound that distinguishes your band from all the rest, but also need to make sure your songs do not all sound alike.

The main thing that distinguishes this novel from THE WANDERERS is that, whereas THE WANDERERS looks at several characters as part of a group, BLOOD BROTHERS sharpens that focus to a single main character, Stony De Coco. Such a shift in focus should have been sufficient to explore new ground and make the book more interesting than it is. Yet although the reader may feel for Stony, it is not enough to raise the story above mediocre.

One thing sorely missed are those standout scenes that made THE WANDERERS so chilling. As I mention in my review of that book, the venereal sandwich, the rooftop scene and the bowling game really stick in the reader's head. No similar scenes exist here. Although Price showed fantastic early promise and later grew tremendously as a writer, the middle books show, if not a collapse, at least some stumbling along the way.

Dark yet poetic view of Italian-American Working Class life.......2007-05-06

No matter how miserable you think your life is, just be thankful you weren't living in New Jersey circa 1974 with the DeCoco clan and their circle. What a hopeless, nihilistic existence. Nobody here is going anywhere fast. They all seem to be in the grip of emotional traumas which none of them have the requisite education to explain and spend their whole lives trying to nullify through various means - alcohol, casual sex, whatever. Richard Price is one of the GREAT novelists of this or any other time. Just when you think that you've read every possible word that anyone could say about the human condition, along comes a blindingly intelligent talent such as he who opens your mind to something fresh that you had never previously grasped. What he gives you in his novels is absolute authenticity and understanding of what goes on in the souls of such folk. And he does it in a sensitive yet tough manner.

BloodBrothers is a novel that left me profoundly shaken after I'd read it. Although I preferred the surrealism and humor found in The Wanderers (the humor and racism are toned down slightly here), this book has more structure, is more of a novel in the classic sense of the word. They both have their own attributes and ultimately, I would encourage anyone who appreciates truth, humor and brilliant writing to seek both of these novels.

I don't know how he does it but..........2006-01-03

Richard Price is one of my favorite authors, and I have read all of his novels. This is by far my most favorite (and it was the last one I read!). This story really hit home with me...Stony has to chose between doing what he loves for s*** pay, or have a well-paying job that he loathes. When I read this book, I was going through a similar situation, and most of us at least have issues with our families that run deep and complicated. Something about the way Price makes his characters so true to life...I feel that in Blood Brothers even more so than his other books. After I finished the book I felt like I was going to run into one of the characters on the street someday. Highly recommended. If you're new to Richard Price, get this one first! ...but you will get hooked and have to buy all the rest eventually ;)

Although not his best seller, possibly his best.......2001-08-29

Critics repeat ad-nauseam that Price is good with dialogue and Blood Brothers is no exception, propelled sometimes almost exclusively by conversation. It's similar in subject to The Wanderers but the scope is much more focused this time around. And unlike The Wanderers it doesn't boil down to a few vignettes. After finding long-awaited success with Clockers and Freedomland, Price's earlier work is being re-released, getting it the attention it deserves. Blood Brothers is maybe superior to his later work, possessing a frankness that makes it both accessible and intimate.

Highly entertaining and very real.......1998-10-15

A very amusing book. It is highly entertaining with great characters and a great plot. An enjoyable read. If you want a serious read, ignore but if you want an entertaing read, go for it. Read it anyway!

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Completely unique, information not readily found elsewhere!

The Dracula Cookbook of Blood
Ardin C. Price
Manufacturer: Mugwort Soup Pubns
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1883281423

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This book is a myriad of authentic recipes from around the world and throughout time with one thing in common: Blood! Two threads have woven themselves throughout all cultures at one time or another: the belief in vampires and cooking with blood. Here they meet and entwine in a "blood curdling delight" for the curious and the hungry. An indispensable reference you will pick up time and again for blood recipes and obscure vampire lore. Enter into the world of Dark Dreams and Blood Puddings as you explore the mysteries of the Undead and cooking!

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Completely unique, information not readily found elsewhere!.......1999-02-03

The Dracula Cookbook of Blood is the most deliciously unusual book ever published. It is a cookbook for Vampires! Apparently there were two other Vampire cookbooks on the market. One of regular recipes that use stuff such as ³brontosaurus lard² that is butter, and so forth. This may be cute for the white light and pink cotton candy chef. The other is The Dark Shadows Cookbook, favorite recipes of the cast -- fine for film collectors. THIS book, however, is unique. All the recipes contain BLOOD! I agree with the authors a real Vampire would want a real blood cookbook. The recipes are from around the world and from all of our ancestors. They are all authentic recipes. It would seem all indigenous peoples used blood in cooking at one time or another. This book relates the history of blood cooking, along with nutritional and safe cooking procedures, as well as where you can always count on buying blood. It even tells how to take out bloodstains. The book is divided into breakfast, lunch, between meal snacks, main dishes and desserts. Some of the recipes include blood pancakes from Finland, meat stew from Ghana and turtle from the Ozarks. The authors even included three real bat recipes in an appendix just because they could not resist. A bundle of very obscure Vampire lore is interspersed with the recipes. One example is a Hungarian Farkaskoldus. This is a Vampire who when dying takes on the aspect of a werewolf. Another is a Rocky Mountain Vampire with a long flexible snout similar to an anteater and it uses this to suck out the brain through the ear of a sleeping victim. The book is set up so you the reader actually arrive at the castle where the master finds you and introduces you to Rodika, the head of kitchens. She then takes you on a tour the kitchens and that is where you find all the odd and fascinating bits of blood lore. Did you know when the Mongols went on long journeys they would drink the blood from their horses as nourishment? Each individual had a string of eighteen horses and would take a little over half a pint from the vein of a horse daily. This little bit compared to the horse's body weight did not affect the horse and sustained the journeyer. This book is thoroughly enjoyable from the very beginning to the blood-thirsty end.

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Compelling and thoroughly enjoyable read
Twenty-first century global suspense, at last.

The Blood Price
Jon Evans
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
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ASIN: 0060782366
Release Date: 2005-10-11

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Paul Wood and his girlfriend, Talena, were just tourists in Sarajevo, a city still reeling from the aftermath of civil war. But an unexpected encounter makes them a desperate woman's only hope of escape. Now, to get her to safety, they must navigate through the minefield of warlords, criminals, and peacekeepers that is postwar Bosnia.

Pursued by brutal gangsters and unable to leave the country legally, Paul agrees to do a job for a shadowy group of people smugglers in exchange for safe passage. The smugglers seem friendly. The job seems harmless. But when he discovers the secrets seething beneath, the repercussions will propel him on a perilous journey around the world -- from a warlord's compound in lawless Albania, through the jungles of Latin America, and toward an explosive confrontation at the extraordinary Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert.

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Compelling and thoroughly enjoyable read.......2006-03-05

This book was so well written and actual events were woven into the storyline so believably that I was convinced until about half way through the book that it was a true story. It was also a reminder of how brutal the human race can be, no matter the nationality. The protaganist, Balthazar Wood is an irreverent but latterly idealistic computer programmer with a dry sense of humour and the story covers human smuggling, the fallout to people's lives and minds from war and relationship struggles. A great book.

Twenty-first century global suspense, at last........2005-11-12

In recent years it's seemed like a lot of the authors in the international crime or espionage genre never quite made it out of the Cold War. At best, we've had Eighties themes of Central American drug smuggling, or terrorist plots that seem tame if you've been watching the TV news. While I've got a soft spot for the Cold War genre myself, it's to be hoped that today's authors could write about today's 'theater'.

Evans' _Blood Price_ is so fresh you almost expect its events to show up in tomorrow's headlines. Readers don't get to shy away from today's ugly truths for much longer than protagonist Paul Balthazar Wood does, whether those truths are the aftermath of Sarajevo or the wreck that is Paul's relationship and career at the start of the book. Nor is Paul a former CIA agent or some other all-too-typical military hero; he's an out-of-work Canadian programmer, albeit with a few tours in the world backpacker and hiker scene, and the adventures from Evans' debut novel _Dark Places_.

From the Balkans to Burning Man, refugee smuggling to cyber-crime, _Blood Price_ spans the globe and an ever-widening range of topics that Evans clearly knows his way around. Despite brief digressions into the mechanics of computer programming in C, scuba, border crossings and even flamethrowers, Evans keeps the story moving without excessive technical lecturing - but also without tripping up on any details. (Unlike the average Hollywood movie, I can read Evans secure in the knowledge that Evans knows even more about how the Internet works than I do.)

The settings would make a Bond movie blush, and yet the action scenes come in realistically under budget. The characters are rounded and likeable - even when they shouldn't be; Evans has a genius for making you realize that the Bad Guys are, in fact, human. The heroes are human too, from moments of brutal suffering to unexpected comedy, tinged with adrenaline.

The novel's pace is engaging and interesting, maintaining a rate of tension even in the slower parts of the plot without seeming artificial. It's hard to say whether the very human drama of Evans' characters or the world-wide criminal empire's plans are more compelling; they are inevitably, inextricably linked.

If you're looking for hip, even savvy, current fiction without hipster pretension, Evans has it. If you'd rather have a fast-paced international crime thriller with a hero who's more brain than brawn, pick up _Blood Price_ for a satisfying read.

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still among the best
An unusual and intelligent fantasy novel.

The Price of Blood and Honor
Elizabeth Willey
Manufacturer: Tor Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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still among the best.......1999-12-22

I would have to say that the volume is as good as the first two. I consider this series to be very intriguing and enjoyable. There are plenty of surprises, with very well constructed characters. Basically, anything Elizabeth Willey writes, I will snap up.

An unusual and intelligent fantasy novel........1998-02-07

This is a good book in a good series, with an intricate plot and unusual characters. It isn't light reading - you have to pay attention in order to get the whole picture because the author doesn't spell it out in short sentences of small words. Don't you get tired of reading books with short sentences of small words? The previous review didn't do it justice at all. Buy it. Rather, if you haven't bought it then you probably haven't read the earlier novels in this series. Buy either one of them.

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Blood & Wine

Blood & Wine
Rosellen Price
Manufacturer: AuthorHouse
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1420809105

Book Description

Blood and Wine is the first adventure in a series of Rosellen Price's most engaging character, Madeline Fox. Madeline, Interior Designer, is well known in the community of the rich, for her flair for the exquisite and her knowledge of period furniture. Madeline gets romantically involved with a cop that is working a local case involving a serial killer. Upon leaving a lavish party, Madeline gets taken down by the killer and wakes up in an abandoned lighthouse. Terrified, knowing none of the other women made it out alive, she plots her escape. Blood and Wine delivers a stunning, absorbing thriller, that grabs the reader from the first sentence, and races through to the shocking end.

Customer Reviews:

Blood & Wine.......2006-01-31

When I finished Blood & Wine, I instantly wanted more Madeline Fox. It was full-bodied, with beautifully, well developed characters. --Michelle

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