13 Bullets is how I like my vampires.
They are ruthless killers that are superhuman, cunning, with no regards
towards human life and almost impossible kill. Essentially they are
monsters. Not some love struck pretty boy who needs to sort out his
feelings. Forget the wimpy two fangs thing; these vampires have an
entire mouth full of sharp teeth. Kinda like Langoliers with bodies.
Our heroes, fresh faced trooper Caxton and grizzled old veteran Arkeley
must find a way to kill off the vampires before they turn the state of
Pennsylvania into a ghost town.
This
book is pure action. The vampires get more interesting towards the end
of the book when David Wellington spends some time expounding upon their
social order and personalities. But the true stars of the book are the
main characters, Caxton and Arkeley. Arkeley has a vendetta against
the vamps and will stop at nothing to put them down. Caxton is just
trying to figure out what is going on and how to stay alive. David
Wellington does excellent job of having the two play off each other.
The story tends to drag at times.
A different take on vampires (think I am Legend versus Twilight)
keeps the story together and with non-stop action makes this novel an
interesting read. But be warned, the gore level is pretty high. I look
forward to his other two installments in the series.
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