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There's a bit a new trend in horror literature. Historical horror. Actually the author of this book ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER kind of started it all with PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES back in 2009. The premise kind of goes like this. Take a piece of history and throw some kind of horror twist at it.
In ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER we meet up with a young Abe as he sits by his mothers bed side. She is dying from what doctors at the time call "milk sickness". It's not long till young Abe finds out the truth, his mother had died at the hands of a vampire. Abe vows to spend his life hunting and destroying the beings that took his mother from him.
So, a Vampire hunter is born. Author Sethe Grahame Smith tells the tale as the secret diary's of Mr. Lincoln are uncovered and in those pages lies a tale of a great stateman, a visionary and hunter of the undead.
Smith more the adeptly adds the Vampire underworld into what the history books has already taught us about the life and times of Mr. Lincoln. The funny thing is, it doesn't really come across as silly or stupid. Smith tells the tale through the words of Lincoln's diary. It turns out that old honest Abe found out that southern politicians are allowing slavery as a way to feed their Vampire friends and this is something that Abe can not allow to let happen. He becomes determined to end slavery thus cutting off the food chain for the Vampires. Of course Civil War breaks out and Vampires are fight for the south. As the war escalates and the president becomes less and less popular he is given a troop of vampires to protect him called The Trinity. Kind of the first ever Secret Service. The book is just filled with these kind of things and it all reads unbelievably believable.
I really enjoyed ALVH. It's well paced, impeccably written and just plain fun. The gore factor is quite high but at no time does any of this take itself to seriously. If you're looking for a high octane vampire ride that doesn't romanticize or overteen the bloodsuckers, you've found it.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER is available now. CLICK HERE to go get it a AMAZON.
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