The Last Hellfighter

De: Thomas S. Flowers

Narrado por: Rick Gregory

In the year 2044, reporters from the Public Relations Ministry gather at the home of Benjamin Harker, the last surviving member of the Harlem Hellfighters. At the age of 144, he is the oldest recorded man alive. Hidden among them, Clyde Bruner is looking for a different kind of story.

Across the US, despite the Great Walls and patrol drones built to keep America secure, something has found its way in. Now, towns are vanishing during the night. Entire populations, gone, only to return after the sun sets, changed, unholy, and lethal. Whatever this evil is, its spreading west.

According to a bedtime story Bruner’s grandfather told him when he was a boy, Benjamin Harker has seen this before. He’s faced this scourge. Fought this evil. Survived them. Killed them. From the trenches of the Great War to the jungles of Vietnam to the sands of Iraq, Harker will search his past to save our future.

But as each city light extinguishes across the country, is there no time left to stop what’s coming?

©2018 Thomas S. Flowers (P)2018 Thomas S. Flowers

Great book, terrific writing

Traces of Steven King with intricately woven backstories. I enjoyed the nods to other vampire novels (and even movies) thru the names of main characters. The reader, however, left a good deal to be desired, with an appalling attempt at a Germanic-type accent, many annoying misreads, (i.e. Tommy Dorset’s (sic) band), and an unpleasant sing-song-y style.

The last Hellfighter

I did not want to put this one down! When lackeys for the government arrive to interview the 144 year old man,they don't really want HIS story.They want a parise piece for the current president.A straggler wants the truth,about everything,from war to vampires.Sit down for a long rememberance! Rick Gregory was a great narrator! I was given this book by the narrator,author or publisher free for an honest review.

Bit disappointing...

Potential was great but the first half of book is way way way too full of fluff and filler. Didn’t need the details much that author included..

The end was also not great and nothing much really happened. Not enough action in general in the book for me.

Excellent Story!

I received this audio book for free in exchange for my honest review. This is a very well written story that will keep you enthralled till the very end. Enjoy!

A nice take on an old enemy, the Vampire

I really like what Flowers did here, taking a bunch of different eras and events and showing them as sort of flashback in dialogue up until the end. In this manner he was easily able to get a lot of history across what would have otherwise been a sprawling six to seven book series.

A couple of points, I would have liked to have seen more action and more gore. For all the battles there really wasn't any big blowout your backdoor moments, and for vampires I really expect more blood. Regardless of what I wished for the story is intriguing and keeps your attention, and the whole revenge thing plays out nicely. I honestly could have gone for another book that more fully fleshed out this concept, but with a lot more detail than we got here. This was basically a long winded recap of events, to kind of show how things transpired up to the present day. I liked it a lot, but now I'd like to see MORE as opposed to some condensed story telling. It worked here, but I could take another stab at more books in this series.

Rick Gregory, one of my fave narrators runs with this story. He basically say pull up a chair and listen to what I have to tell you, young'un. He embodies Benjamin Harker's spirit as he retells this tale , and you feel like he is talking directly to you. I always enjoy listening to Gregory, he has a wonderful voice and can infuse life into anything he touches, even the undead. Even though I did receive a promo code for this review it in no way influenced my considerations of the material, and in fact, inspired me to be more honest. Getting a code generally makes me harsher as a reviewer as I am more often concerned what someone like Me will decide based on my review.

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