Blood Brothers

Necroscope, Book 6

By: Brian Lumley

Narrated by: Michael Troughton

Length: 23 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

The vampires have been vanquished! Harry Keogh and the armies of the dead have destroyed the evil that once plagued the world. Nathan and Nestor, secret twin sons of the Necroscope and a proud gypsy woman, were children when their father, his humanity poisoned by his fearsome struggles, sacrificed himself to save mankind.

Yet there are vampires still, vampires crueler and stranger than any the Necroscope had faced.

When these new, merciless killers swoop out of the sky, Nathan and Nestor are men - but they have few of Harry Keogh's miraculous powers.

Torn from each other by battle, the sons of the Necroscope journey across the vampire world, exploring its mysteries, each seeking the powerful, terrible vampires, his missing brother...and the woman they both love!

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©1992 Brian Lumley (P)2020 David N. Wilson

a great series

always a great author who tells a convincing story good pacing and plot points. a great tale from a great mind

Excellent series

Necroscope, Book 6 Blood brothers was great cant wait for book 7 The Last Aerie Cant get enough of this series

Been waiting for this!

I've been waiting for audiobooks of the Vampire World trilogy. Lumley's rich and vibrant prose is a joy to read and pure poetry to listen to. The performer wasn't the best in my opinion, but serviceable, and the material makes up for it. Please, make and release the next two!

So much happening

Easily, one of the best in the series. So much is happening. Great launch point for the side trilogy.

finally

starting this series late 80's or early 90's back in the Navy. I now have all 7 books. can't wait to finish it. this book is awesome. I highly recommend the Necroscoe series. definitely "r" rated.

"Visual" Feast

This being the first Necroscope that takes place (almost?) entirely in the world beyond the gate (Starside/Sunside); Mr. Lumley is
put through his writing paces! His rich descriptions of the stark, horrid, fascinating world and the Wamphyri aeries are outstanding here. He creates unique, terrifying new Lords; but each has a varying amount of humanity that helps them from becoming boring, robotic vampires.

I haven't listened to the entire audio version yet, as it was just released yesterday, but I remember the print copy vividly. It is one of the best books in the series. I rank it close behind my favorite, Book 3: The Source.

I highly recommend this book, but I would NOT make it the first book that you read in the Necroscope epic. Lumley does a commendable job of bringing readers up to speed, but his storyline summaries aren't a proper substitute for reading the series from the beginning.

Can't wait for Audible to upload the next book in the series!

Best series of books

I love there books. Can’t wait for the next one. Keep them coming. Best storyline on audible

Just gets better and better

This series is a go- to for me, over and again. The build up of suspense and the unfolding of story line... gets me every time. Great read!

Great Story. So So Performance

I have been a huge fan of Lumley and his glorious Wamphyri for decades now. The Bloodwars trilogy, of which this is volume one, is perhaps my favorite of all the Necroscope-connected books. Nearly all of them are available on Audible and nearly all are narrated to perfection. This one is not. It’s the tale of the twins Nestor and Nathan. One is drawn to the seductive and evil call of the Wamphyri, the other is on the side of beleaguered humanity. So why the soft-spoken and almost singsong narrator ? This is material meant to be frightening, not to lull a five year old to sleep. The good twin, Nathan, comes across as a dense and whiny and self-pitying wimp and I spent the whole book wishing he would just shut up. Sadly the narrator doesn’t give the arrogant and regal Wamphyri lords much more punch than this drip which is especially disappointing. This narrator would be great for a benign and feel-good story but this is supposed to be horror and rather extreme horror at that. Maybe he’d do a fantastic ‘Hobbit’ but steer clear of his Lumley unless you want to spend the whole book wanting to throttle the hero. There are some good effects - well, mainly echo - but other than that, this guy was a terrible choice for this book. Even as I type this I can hear Nathan asking idiotic questions and whimpering. Ugh.

Not His Best

I have really liked this series, but this one doesn't match up with the others. It feels like a lot of un-related parts put together to take up space. I didn't find most of the characters that interesting and the plot just meandered.