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Draculas: A Novel of Terror Audiobook
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Mortimer Moorecook, retired Wall Street raider, avid collector, is losing his fight against cancer. With weeks to live, a package arrives at the door of his hillside mansion—an artifact he paid millions for…a hominoid skull with elongated teeth, discovered in a farmer’s field in the Romanian countryside. With Shanna, his beautiful research assistant looking on, he sinks the skull’s razor sharp fangs into his neck, and immediately goes into convulsions.
A rural hospital. A slow night in the ER. Until Moorecook arrives strapped to a gurney, where he promptly codes and dies.
Four well-known horror authors pool their penchants for scares and thrills, and tackle one of the greatest of all legends, with each writer creating a unique character and following them through a vampire outbreak in a secluded hospital.
The goal was simple: write the most intense novel they possibly could. Which they did. A Word of Warning: Within this story, you will find no black capes, no satin-lined coffins, no brooding heartthrobs who want to talk about your feelings. Forget sunlight and stakes. Throw out your garlic and your crosses. This is the Anti-Twilight.
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"Vampire stories are out there some just redundant and sloppy in trying to tell an old story in a new way. However bring together several formidable writers of horror and you get a very different and compelling twist on the vampire genre. This tale will keep you wanting more and torn with unexpected events as some of the more memorable caricatures come away as you would hope "
— William (4 out of 5 stars)
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" Got halfway through and couldn't continue. I like each of these authors individually, but this collaboration didn't work for me. It was one long disjointed series of scenes, running from monsters, killing monsters, being killed BY monsters, lots of gore... but that doesn't equal "scary" to me. I ended up pretty much hoping all the characters would just get killed and get on with it. I see it's gotten tons of good reviews, but I didn't get it, and I have too many other things to read that I'm sure I'll like better. "
— Lori, 10/23/2013 -
" Vampire novel for adults....anti-twilight "
— M.L., 10/2/2013 -
" Loved this book! It is both scary and at times funny (ex. Benny the Clown.) Adding more books from these authors to the must read list! "
— Laceystew, 9/13/2013 -
" This is the first novel I read on my Kindle and I loved it. Fast-paced, gruesome and funny in places. "
— Lee, 8/8/2013 -
" Now this is a different take on the vampire story, loved it. Hope he makes this into a series. "
— Pedro, 7/17/2013 -
" I found this to be a page turner for the most part and the action kept me pumped. I enjoyed it. "
— Bob, 6/7/2013 -
" Very gruesome but exciting and well plotted and written. "
— Tom, 10/22/2012 -
" Not reading, I typically an listening via audible to one book going back and forth to work and read another on my kindle "
— Mirta, 3/8/2012 -
" A vampire clown making balloon animals from intestines...Need I say more, BRILLIANT!!! "
— Andrea, 1/6/2012 -
" Nice take on the Dracula myth. "
— Henrik, 10/9/2011 -
" Four fantastic authors make a fantastic collaboration. "
— MaryJude, 8/21/2011 -
" This is the first novel I read on my Kindle and I loved it. Fast-paced, gruesome and funny in places. "
— Lee, 8/20/2011 -
" Interesting. It is a fast-paced fiction. You are like watching a movie instead of reading a book. This one won't disappoint you if you enjoy horror novels with zombie/vampire elements. "
— Pmc, 8/12/2011 -
" I loved this, what an easy read...and SUPER gorey. If you are sick of the twilight version of vampires and want to get back to what it's all about: BLOOD AND GUTS. Then this book is for you. "
— Crystal, 7/22/2011 -
" Because who doesn't love clown-vampires* taking over a hospital? <br/> <br/>*Note: these are not sparkly vampires. "
— Nicole, 6/20/2011 -
" After the mass infestation of romantic-hero-emo vampires, this was such a relief. And SO much fun besides. I especially loved the viewpoint of the little girl who got turned (("why hadn't mommy told her adults were full of red candy?")) Fantastic, gory, creepy read. "
— Stephanie, 5/11/2011
About the Authors
Xe Sands has more than a decade of experience bringing stories to life through narration, performance, and visual art, including recordings of the Nightwalkers series from Jaquelyn Frank. She has received several honors, including AudioFile Earphones Awards and a coveted Audie Award, and she was named Favorite Debut Romance Narrator of 2011 in the Romance Audiobooks poll.
J. A. Konrath has written over thirty novels and over a hundred short stories in the mystery, thriller, horror, and sci-fi genres. He twice won the Love Is Murder Award for best thriller, the Derringer Award, and the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award, and has been nominated for many others. His fiction has appeared in dozens of magazines and anthologies including Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock, Cemetery Dance, The Strand, and he also blogs for the Huffington Post. Find out more at www.jakonrath.com.
Blake Crouch is a bestselling novelist and screenwriter. His novels include Recursion, Dark Matter, and the Wayward Pines trilogy, which was adapted into a television series for FOX. He also co-created the TNT show Good Behavior, based on his Letty Dobesh novellas.
Jack Kilborn is the award-winning author of numerous books, including Afraid and Trapped. As J. A. Konrath, he is the author of the Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels Mysteries. He has won the Derringer Award and the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award. He lives in Illinois.
F. Paul Wilson is the New York Times bestselling author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, and virtually everything in between. He is perhaps best known for the Repairman Jack series, which includes Ground Zero, The Tomb, and Fatal Error. He is also the author of the Adversary cycle, including The Keep, and a young adult series featuring the teenage Jack. Wilson has won the Prometheus Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Inkpot Award from the San Diego Comic-Con, and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers of America, among other honors. He lives in Wall, New Jersey.
Jeff Strand is a successful author and four-time nominee for the Bram Stoker Award. He lives in Tampa, Florida, with his wife.