The world is at war, but this time it's not country against
country. Instead, a virus is sweeping the planet that
activates the "junk DNA" inside various individuals,
changing the very nature of the individual. Various vampires
and even werewolves from the legends of the world are
suddenly appearing and it's wreaking havoc on the world.
Step inside V WARS to watch
this new war unfold....
V WARS: A CHRONICLE OF THE VAMPIRE WARS is a fascinating
compilation of alternating viewpoints of the war, both the
prelude to and the actual start of the rumbles between the
humans and the various vampires/werewolves. The tales don't
intertwine, as we visit paranoid bikers with Nancy Holder, a
talk show host with John Everson, a Native American with
Yvonne Navarro, a politician with Keith R.A. DeCandido, a
rural farmer with Scott Nicholson, an expedition to
Antarctica with Gregory Frost, and a mob enforcer with James
A. Moore. Jonathan Maberry's scenes featuring the first
known occurrence, Patient Zero, tie the various snippets
together by adding a sense of continuity. The brilliance of
this anthology is that the stories, while centered on the
common theme of the war, continue throughout the storyline
as we revisit some of the same characters as the war
rhetoric progresses.
The character development in V WARS is superb. Even
unlikable characters, such as
John Emerson's Danika Dubov, evoke sympathy from the reader
as events spiral out of their control due to their very own
DNA. And who can't help but love DeCandido's Big Charlie?
V WARS is nothing short of
stunning! The unique approach to vampire legends coupled
with the excellent storytelling skills by some very talented
authors makes for a perfect blend. V WARS is a book I'll be
recommending over and
over again.
A sweeping, threaded narrative of the global phenomenon
known as the Vampire Wars! Mankind is silently infected by a
millennia-old bacteria unknowingly exhumed by a scientific
expedition in Antarctica. Now, in some rare cases, a
person's so-called "junk DNA" becomes activated, and
depending on their racial and ethnic heritage they begin to
manifest one of the many diverse forms of the "others" that
are the true basis for the legends of supernatural
creatures. These aren't your usual vampires and werewolves -
it goes much deeper than that.
Conceived by Jonathan Maberry, V Wars features stories from
various "frontlines" as reported by such contributors as
Nancy Holder, Yvonne Navarro, James A. Moore, Gregory Frost,
John Everson, Keith R.A. DeCandido, and Scott Nicholson (as
well as Maberry himself, of course). The result is a
compelling series of tales that create a unique chronicle of
mankind's response to this sudden, hidden threat to
humanity.
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