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Vampire Empire - The Greyfriar

By: Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith
Narrated by: James Marsters
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Audie Award Nominee, Paranormal, 2013

1870. A time known as The Great Killing. The vampire clans arose and slaughtered humanity with unprecedented carnage in the northern parts of the world. Millions perished; millions were turned into herd animals. The great industrialized civilizations of the world were left in ruin. A remnant fled south to the safety of the ever present heat which was intolerable to vampires. There, blending with the local peoples, they rebuilt their societies founded on human ingenuity, steam and iron. The year now is 2020. The Equatorian Empire, descendant of the British Empire, stretches from Alexandria to Cape Town. Princess Adele, quick witted, combat trained and heir to throne is set to wed the scion of the American Republic, a man she has never met. Their marriage will cement an alliance between the nations and set the stage for war against the vampires in an attempt to retake the north. Prepared to do her duty she finds herself caught in a web of political intrigue and physical danger.

The Greyfriar, a legendary vampire hunter from the north, appears ready to rescue the Princess and return her home—but he harbors secrets of his own. As the power struggle between the vampires and humans increase Adele and The Greyfriar are caught in the middle, on the run, being hunted, and fighting for not just their own lives, but for future of humanity.

©2010 Buzzy Multimedia Publishing Corp. (P)2012 Buzzy Multimedia Publishing

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  • Audie Award Nominee, Paranormal, 2013

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Not for me

Adore James Masters, especially his Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. I also have a soft spot in my heart for producer Buzzy media, but I've tried this several times. I get stuck every time at chapter three. Any thing after a good fight for the protagonist that ends in "...wish I were anything but a feeble girl" sends me rocketing for the off button. Simply. it for me.

Simply not for me.

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A surprising little Gem!

The first part was ok. It started off a little slow. Some (ok... a lot of) world building and character introductions. I thought the steam aspects were nice, but I thought it lacked a little something to be a real steampunk book. It had airships...... But that was really it.

The second half of the book was AMAZING!!! Seriously. Couldn't listen to it fast enough. I'm not going to give you a plot summary. But I will tell you that I'm definitely continuing on with this series

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Ouch

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

To much emotional reiteration. I was heartily sick of the characters by the time we were done. The story should have been awesome, but it was predictable and overshadowed by melodrama.

What do you think your next listen will be?

I am going to listen to James doing a great job of the Dresden books again.

Have you listened to any of James Marsters’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

James is great, but this book does not really leave him with much to work with. Given that he got me into audiobooks with Grave Peril I find it difficult to reconcile how I feel about this book with how badly I want to hear James telling stories.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Perhaps as a movie some of the melodrama would be diminished.

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great book where are the other 2

What made the experience of listening to Vampire Empire - The Greyfriar the most enjoyable?

Greyfriar owns blade

What other book might you compare Vampire Empire - The Greyfriar to and why?

I don't know any like it...

Which scene was your favorite?

When he took the bullet to save the princess

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laughed quite a bit

Any additional comments?

Where are the other 2 audiobooks, seriously WTF

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Excellent, Entertaining Story

I believe james Marsters could narrate Websters dictionary and make it interesting but that's just my opinion.

The story in this book is so entertaining and like icing on a scrumptuous cake, one of my favorite narrators, James Marsters makes all these wonderful charactes come alive. I am truly looking forward to the next installment.

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an enjoyable listen

James Marstin a great narrator. I purposely liked this book because he read it. The story is interesting. a bit predictable but still kept me listening. Obviously it is set up for a sequel.

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Absolutely gripping

My absolute favorite books about vampires are the vampire empire trilogy and I just received the fourth book of the geomancer which I haven’t read but am very excited about!!!! The best read ever once you start reading it, it’s very hard to put back down it’s gripping adventurous romantic and all of it has vampires I’m in love with these books no other vampire book has ever left me wanting more of the story and for it continue endlessly it’s an easy read but also so absolutely clever, I live these books and the writers did an amazing job on these I can’t wait to read their books !!! So excited !! So worth it!!!

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A great surprise

I came for James Marsters and as usual, brilliant performance. But I really liked the story as well. Looking forward to part 2.

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Great story

I have always loved a good vampire story, but this may be one of the most enthralling I have read in a long time. it is so unlike what you usually get in this genre. the death of characters and goog storytelling made it impossible to put down. I can't. wait to start the sequel.

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This is a fun vampier story

One of my favorites is this book. The reader did well with telling it and this is the second listen though. I recommend it for anyone that like vampires or steampunk.

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