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Vampyrrhic Kindle Edition

by Simon Clark (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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In Leppington, death isn't always forever...

David Leppington has returned to the town of his birth to investigate the possibility of a job as a GP, and also to learn more of its history. Bearing the same name as the town, the Leppington family used to be prominent members of the community. But the clan has dwindled to a sole uncle who is more loner than town leader. In this small, isolated town, people are affected by a horrendous condition. It’s Quiet. Unassuming. A forgotten backwater. Yet beneath Leppington’s streets terrifying creatures stir.

Driven by an ancient passion that has become an obsession. United in their burning hunger. They share an unending craving that will leave them in a coma unless they consume blood. They are the Nosferatu. And they have the power to drain your will to resist. To drain it so utterly that you will cheerfully, gladly, eagerly surrender yourself to their sharp, brutal teeth. Then a terminally ill man plans an act of vengeance: to set the dead against the living, so that the whole world might experience the misery the townspeople have endured for years…

For fans of 'Salem's Lot and Norse Mythology,Vampyrrhic is a chilling horror-thriller that brings the well-known terror of vampires to the hitherto unspoiled lands of Northern England.

Praise for Simon Clark:



'A master of eerie thrills'- Richard Laymon

‘Simon Clark is not an author to let you down — the blood doesn’t flow through his text so much as pump arterially into the reader’s face’ — SFX

‘To say that Simon Clark is the best novelist to emerge this decade is self-evident. Simon has simply outgrown genre restrictions’ — Andrew Darlington

‘The hottest new purveyor of horrific thrills currently working on these shores’ — Big Issue

Simon Clark was born in 1958, and lives in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. His short stories have appeared in several magazines and anthologies, including Darklands 2, Dark Voices 5 and The Year’s Best Horror Stories (four times). He has published a collection of short stories, Blood and Grit, and four earlier novels, Nailed by the Heart, Blood Crazy, Darker and King Blood. His work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and he has also written prose material for the internationally famous rock band U2.
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... Vampyrrhic should not disappoint his fans. Highly entertaining and full of suspense. - SFXVampyrrhic is a dark and powerful novel. Be prepared to sleep with the light on until the memories of the horror dim. - Peterborough Evening News

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'Simon Clark is a wonderful writer. He has what it takes to be another Stephen King.' Bentley Little, Hellnotes

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0154MTH16
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lume Books (September 8, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 8, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2767 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 597 pages
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Simon Clark is the author of the cult apocalyptic novel BLOOD CRAZY: "everyone over the age of 19 has been driven murderously insane... children and teenagers flee for their lives..." His novels include Nailed By The Heart, Vampyrrhic, Whitby Vampyrrhic, Ghost Monster and a bloody fistful of others that earned accolades from magazines around the world. This from Hellnotes: 'Clark's is surely the most outrageous imagination to grace horror since the discovery of Clive Barker' And: 'I actually loved Blood Crazy. Not just liked it, but loved it.' A quote from Beyond.

BLOOD CRAZY has now been issued as an e-book.

Simon was raised in a family of story-tellers. One told of a human skull buried under the family's garage. Currently he lives in the North of England where Robin Hood once roamed, and where legends of monsters lurking in ponds and caves abound.

For news and videos about Simon Clark and his grisly craft be sure to Google his name from time to time, and now you can follow him on Twitter, too.

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Haunted Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrors and Frights and Wonderfully Engrossing
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2016
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Review: VAMPYRRHIC RITES by Simon Clark

This is one scary novel, and the frights never let up. Although the evil is vampiric, they aren't so in the ordinary sense. Lost in the midst of antiquity, a Viking settlement in what eventually became North Yorkshire flooded; the inhabitants went willingly, charged by their god and enabled to become undead. So they drowned, and inhabited the bottom of Lazarus Deep, as the lake came to be called. Eventually they await a descendant of the Viking chieftain, to lead them as an undead army, to conquer.

Accomplished author Simon Clark delivers multiple layers of frights and terrors, developing his characters in detailed depth while he virtually turns readers' hair white with terror.
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Kayak Jay
4.0 out of 5 stars Stay with It and You will be Rewarded
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2016
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This book is definitely a different take on the vampire story. It actually started out so slow I almost gave up on it. Clark uses a number of devices to create a sense of foreboding, but it takes a while to become exciting. Once the action started, I became more engrossed and finished the book with much enthusiasm. The main characters were interesting and different. The story itself was quite imaginative and entertaining. Some elements were lyric in the descriptions and others were just a bare minimum. Stay with it and you will be rewarded.
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Joshua P. Earl
3.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed this. I'm not sure I can really put ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2016
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I enjoyed this. I'm not sure I can really put my finger on why, exactly. There were some jarring transitions, and some of the motivations of the characters (especially Jack Black) were unclear to me, especially depending on whether the narration was from Jack Black's perspective, or if it was from anyone else's. Jack's a pretty tough guy, and not particularly likeable from his own perspective, but by the end you get a whole different view of him, despite not really having any reason to understand why the change of heart. The other characters were interesting, though I didn't feel like they were particularly deep. Action was pretty good. Bad guys had a sort of conflicting set of powers I thought. Sometimes close to supernatural forces of nature, and other times glorified zombies.

Ok, now that I berated the poor author enough, what I will say is that there was some intangible quality to the book which made me always want to read more. This might just be my own personality, but I've read plenty of books that after establishing what I liked or didn't like about the book I was totally fine leaving it if it didn't make the cut. Here however, despite my problems with it I kept wondering what would happen to the characters. So, despite my problems I actually ended up enjoying it. The story was pretty decent, and apparently I cared enough about the characters to want to keep reading. I also got this book at significant discount (bookbub ftw!) and so I certainly feel like I got my money's worth. I would recommend this book if you can get it at a discount, it was entertaining enough.
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Mark R.
5.0 out of 5 stars Page Turner
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2016
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I gave a five-star rating because this story will keep your interest. Anyone who likes to read about vampires should give this story a chance. It's a good read. There are typing errors and misspellings but don't be critical; just read the book. You will have a hard time putting it down to go to bed. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I love stories about vampires and werewolves. No werewolves in this book though. Get this book; it's a page turner.
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Chandler Adams
4.0 out of 5 stars Old School Gothic Horror
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2016
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If you are a fan of old school gothic horror, this is for you. Set in modern times, this book embodies the dark gothic style so popular in the horror genre for years. Well written but a little slow, which is standard for the genre. A very interesting and diverse cast of characters brought together in a strange English town in an old castle like hotel confront a darkness created by the ancestors of one of them. Some real chills make it worth the read.
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Liz
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2016
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This book puts the scary back in vampires! They certainly don't sparkle here :) Very suspenseful in parts, with fantastic imagery, and excellent writing style. A genuinely creepy good time.

I will definitely be looking for more books by this author.
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Zatoichi 007
2.0 out of 5 stars A disappointing read with lots of squandered promise
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2016
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This book is long on style, but short on logic and pay-offs. The build-up takes forever, then when things finally kick fully into gear, it's less than satisfying. I appreciated the author's attempt to come up with a unique spin on vampire rules to keep it from being cliche, but in the end, the concept is just kind of silly. About halfway through I found myself skimming more than reading because by that time I had learned that it takes far too long for anything of any real significance to happen. There is a real style to the prose and the author clearly has a smooth, though slightly Stephen King-derivative style; one could do far worse! All in all a disappointing read. If I could, I would give this 2.5 stars.
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booktyrant
3.0 out of 5 stars a worthy sequel
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2006
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Vampyrrhic Rites is a worthy sequal to its predecessor. David Leppington and the gang are back, including Jack Black who appears as either a vampire or a ghost, no one is really sure and helps them get together to fight yet another battle against evil. Dylan Adams and his girlfriend Vikki are introduced as new characters, along with Rowan and Goldi. Problem is, the new characters are weak. Honestly, I think the story would have been just as good without them their, and Goldi was a waste of space...he didnt do anything at all. The writing has shifted and this one is not near as creepy as the first vampyrrhic novel. I guess this one is aimed more at a high tech generation than the first, and while it works fine, it always feels as if the magic of the first book has been hung out to dry. But dont get me wrong, this is a good book and fun and quick and it has all sorts of bloody and guts violence for vampire fans...which speaking of, I think Simon Clark really wrote this for his die hard fans, people who have enjoyed his earlier novels and still want to read his work. I enjoyed it, had a great time with it...if you are expecting it to be as good as the first, it is not going to happen. I would give it 3 and a half stars.
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Sarah
5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book!
Reviewed in Canada on October 22, 2013
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This book was stolen from me when I was younger and I had a hard time finding it locally. I was so happy I was able to purchase this book from Amazon.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Afraid of the Dark
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 17, 2002
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I bought this book after reading his sequel to the "Day of the Triffids" and enjoying it throughly. In the same way that the triffids made me scared of meteor showers, as I read this book on the London Tube a sense of relief overwhelmed me when we pulled into the well-lit stations, away from the dark tunnels.
This is the first horror book I have read, although I do have eclectic reading tastes, and once I got through the prologue (which I found heavy going) I was soon caught up in the well-drawn narrative.
David Leppington returns to the town of his birth, Leppington. His family has lived there for generations and he is curious - is the town named for the family or the family for the town? He soon discovers that his family's history is interatically linked to that of the town and that his own destiny is pre-ordained by their action a millenia ago.
As David, and other hotel guests, are caught up in the horrors of Leppington, you realise that Simon Clark's writing skills are similar to the hypnotic talents of the vampires. You find that even though you are scarying yourself, you are pulled to the next page, and then the next, then the next...
A great book, which has added this genre to those I pick up of the shelves - I have already ordered "The Fall" and "Judas Tree"
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BlackBrigand
4.0 out of 5 stars A different twist on the vampire/undead genre
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 1, 2016
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I have always been a great fan of horror and supernatural novels since I started reading them as a boy in the early fifties and over the years have amassed a large collection, mainly paperback copies and I am now replacing those available as e-books with Kindle Editions. This re-organisation has also given me the chance to revisit books that I have not read for a while and add some that I have missed.

I think I first read this story in the late 1990's and have not revisited it until I have now replaced the paperback edition with the Kindle version. The storyline is good, a slightly different twist of the vampire/undead genre with three ordinary if somewhat 'odd' characters pitted against a army of undead raised to overthrow Christianity in favour of restoring the Nordic Gods.

Plenty of suspense and gore, but unfortunately plenty of repetition as Mr Clark has a tendency to repeat favoured phrases and similes multiple times, never-the-less a good entertaining read.
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David
4.0 out of 5 stars Wie werden Vampire mit einem Pyrrhussieg in Zusammenhang gebracht?
Reviewed in Germany on November 4, 2010
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Diese und andere Fragen rund um den Vampirmythos tauchen in Simon Clarks bereits 1998 in englischer Sprache erschienenem Roman auf. Doch erstmal eine kleine Einleitung in die Geschichte:

Der junge Arzt David Leppington, der im zarten Alter von rund 6 Jahren zusammen mit seiner Familie seine Geburtsstadt überstürzt verlassen hat, die den selben Namen trägt, wie seine Familie, reist dorthin zurück, um sich ein Bild von ihr zu machen. Mit der Absicht eventuell ganz in seine Heimatstadt Leppington zurückzukehren, die in der Nähe von Whitby liegt - der Hafenstadt, in der Dracula 1897 Englischen Boden betreten hat - und eine Arztpraxis zu eröffnen, wird er in einen Strudel von Ereignissen gerissen. Zuerst weiht ihn sein Onkel, der als letztes verbliebenes Familienmitglied in der Stadt geblieben ist, in die Legenden rund um seine Familie ein, die tief in der nordischen Mythologie verwurzelt sind, während er zeitgleich mit anderen Mitbewohnern seines Hotels Zeuge höchst beunruhigender Vorgänge in eben diesem wird. Langsam aber sicher stellt sich heraus, dass unterhalb der Stadt eine Bedrohung heranwächst, auf die er mehr Einfluss hat, als ihm lieb ist, und so beginnt ein packender Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, bei dem nicht nur er, seine Begleiter und die Kleinstadt bedroht sind, sondern das gesamte christliche Abendland.

Wer zeitgenössische Vampirromane liest und von "Vampyrrhic" eine ähnliche Rahmenhandlung erwartet, wird enttäuscht werden. Clark stellt sie durchgehend als das dar, was sie im klassischen Sinne sind, nämlich als beeinflussende, grausame Monster. Das macht er allerdings nicht, ohne einige Veränderungen, wie etwa die schon erwähnte nordischen Mythologie, einzubauen und so seine selbstgestaltete Form der Geschöpfe der Nacht zu erschaffen. So macht sie starkes Licht nur benommen, während sich Kruzifixe und Weihwasser bei der Jagd auf sie als nicht wirksam erweisen würden, etc. Stattdessen setzten die Protagonisten ganz auf Waffengewalt, was einen hohen Gore-Faktor vorallem gegen Ende des Buches zur Folge hat.

Auf dem Umschlag wird der Autor mit Stephen King verglichen - ein Vergleich, der ihn adelt und sein Händchen für das Schreiben unterhaltsamer Gruselgeschichten unterstreicht. Was man ihm allerdings zugute halten muss, ist die Tatsache, dass er, im Gegensatz zu King, nie vom Thema abschweift und die Geschichte durchgehend spannend hält. Lediglich bei den Charakteren kommt der Autor an seinen prominenten Vergleichspartner nicht heran. Sie sind zwar schön gezeichnet und recht stimmig umgesetzt, allerdings stellenweise auch klischeehaft und von unrealistischen Verhaltensweisen begleitet. Ein Charakter macht zum Beispiel innerhalb kürzester Zeit eine 180°-Entwicklung durch, die einfach unglaubwürdig ist.

Alles in allem ein sehr gelungener Gruselroman, der kurzweilige Unterhaltung, angesiedelt in der Welt der Vampire, zu bieten hat. Erwähnenswert ist auch noch die toll aufgemachte, broschierte Ausgabe des Wurdack-Verlages, bei der man wegen der 1. Auflage auch über die ein oder anderen übriggebliebenen Rechtschreibfehler hinwegsehen kann. Sollte das Buch ein finanzieller Erfolg für den Verlag werden, kann man in Zukunft auch mit der Umsetzung der Nachfolger in deutscher Sprache rechnen. Also unbedingt kaufen, es lohnt sich!
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Vaclav Havel
3.0 out of 5 stars A very good story, well plotted
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 16, 2016
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A very good story, well plotted, with decent characterisation.

However, the four stars I would have awarded it are reduced to three due to the repetitive nature of the prose.
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