Manitou Blood

by Graham Masterton

Book Overview

In one of the hottest summers for decades, New York City is being swept by a strange and terrible epidemic. Doctors are helpless as victims fall prey to a bizarre blood disorder. They can no longer... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843954256
• ISBN13: 9780843954258
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.3" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Indian demons and Vampires

Now that's something you just don't see very often: a long running series of novels about American Indian demons that turns into a vampire series at the end. I bought it thinking that Masterton was just trying to play off of the vampire trend, but it is actually a good book. I enjoyed it and hope he does another just like this.

Simply the best

Graham Masterton has become the greatest writer of modern horror in the past twenty five years. He is simply that good. His dialogue may be campy at times and his climactic scenes occasionally clunky or over the top, but I challenge any true horror fan to make the claim that they have felt cheated or let down after reading a Masterton novel. Masterton is the only horror novelist who consistently delivers outstanding books. Manitou Blood is a first rate thriller that captivates from the beginning until the end. Harry Erskine, the hapless anti hero of the Manitou Series (and of the unrelated novel "The Djinn") is brought in against his will to combat a deadly new plague affecting NYC residents who are now on a murderous blood drinking rampage. Aided by the spirit of Indian Medicine Man John Singing Rock, his former girlfriend, the psychic Amelia Sachs, a Romanian scholar/vampire expert and a hardy Doctor who is gradually succumbing to the plague's effects, Harry discovers that he is dealing once again with the wonder worker Misquamacas who is wreaking havoc through the unwilling spirit of Vasile Lup, an infamous vampire gatherer. As an experienced Masterton reader then can guess, all hell breaks loose. That's all for now. To paraphrase a very bad Tina Turner song, Masterton is "simply the best". Read this book, then read the rest of the Manitou series, then read everything you can get your hands on by Masterton. If you are squeamish, then DON'T READ GRAHAM MASTERTON! If you are a hardy soul ready for a rollercoaster ride to perdition and back, then Masterton will help you gear up for the ride.

The Manitou Goes for the Throat

Fourth in Masterton's MANITOU series (fifth novel to feature protagonist Harry Erskine), MANITOU BLOOD is a great follow-up to BURIAL. Nobody wreaks havoc with famines and plagues like Masterton does! This time out, Harry is forced to solve the puzzle of a a kind of blood-virus that seems to be possessing New Yorkers and turning them into vampire-like beings. Also on hand to help out is the doctor who first discovers the virus, as they and a small band of others join forces to track down the origins of the mysterious supernatural plague and put a stop to it once and for all. Erskine is one of the grat protagonists of horror literature--funny, frightened, a bit of wimp, but with the courage to overcome. Highly recommended.

Harry Erskine Rides Again; The Paperback edition

This is an absolute gem for Masterton Fans who have enjoyed the three previous books with the Mystical Harry Erskine as the hero. This will be the fourth or Fifth book involving Harry, and provides the usual masterful mix of Magic, Supernatural Terror, Sex and Ultra Violence. Unusually this paperbook edition has come out first in the US, and I wonder if it has been published elsewhere first? Anyways, I look forward to the HardBack publication so I can have a long lasting edition of this superb frightfest. It is very clear that the already superb narrative skills of Masterton have been honed through years of writing, and the payoff is a good hero being presented in an even better manner. Luckily for any horror fans not familiar with the Divine Erskine, the backstory bits relevant to this narrative are given, and hopefully you will enjoy this work, and go back to read MANITOU, the REVENGE OF THE MANITOU, DJINN, BURIAL, and all after reading this master-work. I am very happy to write that as at October 2005, Masterton has a vast number of works out, and all after a period of almost nothing being available in print. Hopefully the success of these new books will resonate, and such classics as PARIAH will also be re-printed; the Inside cover mentions such other Masterton gems as TENGU,CHARNEL HOUSE, and THE CHOSEN CHILD, all of which will repay readings, and re-readings. Masterton's first person narrative creates such vivid worlds that in my opinion, they should ALL be made into films, and the world of Horror films would be so much the richer. As usual MANITOU BLOOD contains a lush collection of well researched material that will please the supernatural horror fiend. ENJOY... I recommend my favorite Horror author with great gusto... you will not be disappointed as he scares, tantalises, titillates, and scares the wits out of you.

The plague to end all plagues

A bizarre epidemic is sweeping New York City. Doctors can only watch as victims fall prey to a very unusual blood disorder. They become unable to eat solid food, are extremely sensitive to daylight-and they have an irresistible need to drink human blood.... As panic, bloodlust and death grip the city, a few begin to consider the unimaginable: Could the old folktales and legends be true? Could the epidemic be the work of...vampires? Their search for the truth will lead them to shadowy realms where very few dare to go. They will seek help from both the living and the dead. And they will realize that their worst fear was only the beginning.