Vampire$

By: John Steakley

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins

Publisher's summary

Suppose there really were vampires. Dark, stalking, destroying. They’d have to be killed, wouldn’t they? Of course they would. But what kind of fools would try to make a living at it?

In best-selling author John Steakley's vampire classic, one tightly knit band of brothers devotes itself to hunting down the monsters that infest the modern world—for a price. An exciting blend of horror and western genres, Vampire$ is a twenty-first-century Ghostbusters with an edge.

©1990 John Steakley (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

“This is exciting and surprising stuff….a real genre-bender that keeps the best elements of both.” ( Locus)

“Gives a closer, longer look at violent vampire-hunting than anything else to date, often at a breathtaking pace.” ( Vampire's Closet)

Worth the price of admission

I've read this book at least twice and quite enjoyed listening to it. A tight, well-built Vampire actioner with a good mix of humor and solid characterization.

I prefer the movie

For a book about vampire hunters, there isn’t much vampire hunting. The book drags a little too much for my taste, specifically a section where a character describes being seduced by a master vampire. I found myself checking to see how much was left.

Nights Black Agents in Novel Form

This is what you could call a masterpiece. Take the framework of Dracula, set it in the eighty's and turn up the Murder-hobo to eleven. It is in a way a blood soaked tribute to Bram. And a letter to the future gamers sat around a table, dice in hand trying to figure out just how the hell to kill this bastards. This wasn't written by a present day nWoD or old-WoD player and author. This, this could easily have been there template for NBA as much as Dracula. Makes you wonder if the people at White Wolf and Peligrane had read this.

So much better than the movie!

Do not go into this thinking that it’s just like the movie. It’s so much better and the characters are much more relatable than the movie.

Great Listen

Love the book. Steakley did a great job with this book. The narration was easy to listen to and he did a good job keeping the pace going. Have listened to it twice since I downloaded it.

its ok

its ok. I used it to sleep, but got interesting halfway through
but worth it for free

great book

For once I saw the movie before I listened to the book. I have to say I was not disappointed.

good story

I'm assuming the story will continue?! The reading was very good it was a very good story. Thank you for sharing!

Better than the movie

I remember the screen adaptation of this novel starring James Woods. The book is definitely better.

good

it was a really good story entertaining with interesting characters. The narrator read it a little too fast occasionally. Definitely worth the read and I loved that it was included.