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Hardcover The Summoning Book

ISBN: 0739414003

ISBN13: 9780739414002

The Summoning

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The discovery of an apparent murder victim in a dusty Arizona town convinces Sue Wing's grandmother that Cup-hu-girngsi, Corpse-who-drinks-blood, is on the prowl again. Reissue. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Rated 5 stars
For Once , A Repulsive Vampire (Which Makes A Nice Change)

Something very strange is going on in a small Arizona town .Dead bodies are being found drained of blood and other bodily fluids. The authorities are at a loss to explain why this is happening. The book introduces the reader to Sue Wing , a Chinese teenager who is warned of the Legend of the Chinese vampire known as "The corpse who drinks blood" by her Grandmother. It is up to Sue and Journalist Rich Carter to stop the Vampire...

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An alternative vampire tale

Something strange is happening in the Arizona town of Rio Verde. Chief of Police Robert Carter was called out to find the body of local citizen Manuel Torres, exsanguinated. His brother Rich, the newspaper editor, is having marriage problems subsequent to his wife Corrie's new job with Pastor Wheeler, who Jesus has just appeared to and told to build a huge black church in preparation for His second coming on October 31st...

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A truly, unique vampire story!

I just finished this book tonight and had to come on here to praise it. I found "The Summoning" to be a dark tale full of eerie twists and turns. Its the story of a small town who becomes the target of a particularly spooky kind of vampire that I found to be quite different from most others. This is a vampire who can change forms, who can manifest itself as your darkest fears and who has a uniquely different appearance...

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The Summoning

The only other book about vampires that frightened me was Salems Lot by Steven King. The Summoning reminded me\ of that story and it scared me almost as much. The author (Mr. Little) created a very believable tale in a familiar small town where regular folks managed to look ordinary while they became creatures or slipped into madness. Bentley Little kept the details of the killer just out of the readers view so we are...

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UNIQUE VAMPIRE STORY!

Vampires these days are either of the traditional European gentleman variety, the young punk/rocker variety, the misunderstood race of creatures variety or some combination thereof. Bentley Little has rejuvinated these tired cliches by infusing them with some cross-cultural references. To my knowledge, this is horror fiction's first CHINESE vampire, and Little not only gets his folklore right but does a pretty convincing...

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