*PostNote: On starting to read this book I want to note that I believe this book to be 16+ with a lot of graphic violence. Very well written though & I will post a review when I have finished.
Væmpires: Revolution
It is the morning
of Princess Cassandra’s sixteenth birthday.
Everyone’s attention is focused on the heir to the vampire throne. World
leaders, the rich and famous, and VIPs from every corner of the globe have
gathered in the nation’s capital to celebrate the momentous event.
Cassandra’s
boyfriend, Daniel, is late for the party.
He’s still outside the city when all hell breaks loose. What he believes is an
act of terrorism proves to be a full-fledged revolution. Væmpires—former
vampires who mutated into warm-blooded creatures with an insatiable hunger for
cold blood—have launched coordinated attacks across the globe, with three
goals: the eradication of humanity, the enslavement of vampires, and the
ascension of væmpires as the dominant species on the planet.
The vampire and
human leaders are killed. Cassandra is missing.
Daniel is the acting king. Desperate to find the princess, Daniel and his
friends fight their way across the besieged city. With the hopes of the free
world resting on the shoulders of four vampire teenagers, væmpires unleash
their secret weapons: a new breed of vaempires that is far deadlier than any
ever seen before.
What can four
teens do against an enemy that can shape-shift, fly, and walk through
walls?
Five Star Review by Author C.V. Hunt
“Mutant vampires... what else is there to
say?
With a strange twist, and a creative
imagination, Thomas Winship has taken the vampire and turned it into his own
creature.
The story starts with an action sequence
and is nonstop action through the rest of the book. Væmpires opens with a war
being waged on the capital of what is left of the world. Daniel, a fifteen
year-old vampire, and the son of the captain of the guard, finds himself
amongst a battle for his life against an even more terrifying group of vampires
referred to as væmpires. With most of the royal family dead, he must try to
rescue one of the few survivors of the family - Princess Cassandra.
Væmpires used to be regular vampires, but
evolution has put a change to that. These vampires are warm-blooded, their
hearts beat, they are stronger, have grown an extra set of thumbs, and their
humanity is slowly slipping back to an animal instinct of survival. They have
been shunned by the humans and vampire race. Vielyn, a former vampire, and
former friend of the royal family states it best:
FROM THE BOOK:
"Vampires - our former
people - rejected us. The world at large ignored us. The medical community
failed us. The government abandoned us. What else was left but to forge our own
path?"
Vampires are able to survive on a synthetic
blood, and have gain a peaceful resolution with humans. The synth-blood allows
them to walk in the daylight, and it quenches there never ending thirst for
human blood. But væmpires are unable to produce the synthetic dead blood of a
vampire, and with the feeling of being dejected by their own people, and uprising
has been boiling below the surface.
Now the hunters have become the hunted, and
vampires are discovering that væmpires are more powerful that what they appear.
Væmpires was extremely original and
inventive. It took an apocalyptic world, added vampires, some X-men-like
mutants, and added some futurist sci-fi elements. I know there are a lot of
people that still like their old-school vampires, with the sunlight and holy
relics, but I certainly liking these new and improved vampires that have been
emerging. It's time for the vampire to evolve into something more terrifying,
and I can't wait to see the sequel to this book.”
Thomas
Winship:
Thomas Winship
was born in Middletown, NY (USA) and still resides in Orange County. He
holds an MBA from St. Thomas Aquinas College and serves as an adjunct
professor for courses in English Composition, Communications, and
Business. He also spent fifteen years working for a global pharmaceutical
company, specializing in organizational development, talent management, and
training.
Tom writes in his spare time. His first
novel, a mystery/legal thriller entitled Temporary Insanity (a.k.a. Case
Closed), was a 2008 finalist in a national contest but failed to garner
industry attention. His second novel, Væmpires: Revolution, was
published in October and a follow-up novella, Væmpires: White Christmas,
was published in December.
He is an avid collector of books, comic
books, music, and movies. His interests are diverse: on any given day, Tom is
likely to be found watching a horror movie, attending a hard rock concert, or
enjoying a Broadway show.
He is currently working on the next
installment of the “Væmpires” series, which is scheduled for an early 2012
release.
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Thank you so much, Emma!
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