The Vampire Genevieve

by Jack Yeovil

Book Overview

Experience the gothic splendour of Warhammer Horror in this great omnibus. Evil has a new enemy... one of its own. Meet Genevieve Dieudonn . She's beautiful, powerful, resourceful and courageous - and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844162443
• ISBN13: 9781844162444
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Black Library
• Length: 763 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Clever, witty, not what you expect from a vampire or a Warhammer book

As I said in reviewing the hardcover, the editorial description implies you'll be getting a typical fantasy novel but don't believe it for a second. Genevieve is filled with pop culture references, clever twists and mercifully devoid of fantasy cliches. The first novel in the collection Drachenfels opens with a group of mismatched heroes heading for the evil wizard's tower (YAWN) however they are messily killed in the first few pages and the story then skips ahead ten years and focuses on the big-budget play being produced to celebrate their triumph where the hero is a vain director and self-proclaimed genius. The entire book is like that, what seem to be typical fantasy stories soon focus on daily life in a medieval world. Pick it up you won't be disappointed.

The Best Warhammer/Warjammer 40K Volume that I have ever read.

Regarding the other author's remarks about the book going back and forth in time. Of course the book isn't in chronical sequence, but neither was William Faulkner's material in the Sound and the Fury! That's not to say that this book is high literature but its a great read that I polished off in a week. Concerning the timeline there is some jumping and skipping but I think the author does it well he starts at one point in time goes forward jumps into the past and finally back into the present. Although this may sound confusing he actually does a great job of weaving the characters stories throughout time. One of the most interesting things he does is he introduces a character in the present and may actually reveal more about the character by jumping into the past. In terms of character development what the author does really makes sense he takes us on a journey and we get to learn about all the characters. Of course Genevieve is really a centerpiece. Although she isn't the primary character in all the stories she does serve as common thread that ties the plot together. Also another great thing about the author's writing is that after a character finishes playing their role as a "main character" we often times get to see them in another story as a secondary character. This is really an amazing book with way the author gives us so many different views of the same characters by writing about them from different perspectives. The author is also great a setting up plot twists most of the time the author will create one expectation in the reader's mind and at the end of a particular story veer in a completely unexpected direction. Sure the ending isn't perfect but I thought it wrapped up the series nicely. The ending has both a sense of closure and ambiguity. This is by far the best series that I have read in the Warhammer and Warhammer 40K universe.

Defies expectations, very funny, very clever

The editorial description implies you'll be getting a typical fantasy novel but don't believe it for a second. Genevieve is filled with pop culture references, clever twists and mercifully devoid of fantasy cliches. The first novel in the collection Drachenfels opens with a group of mismatched heroes heading for the evil wizard's tower (YAWN) however they are messily killed in the first few pages and the story then skips ahead ten years and focuses on the big-budget play being produced to celebrate their triumph where the hero is a vain director and self-proclaimed genius. The entire book is like that, what seem to be typical fantasy stories soon focus on daily life in a medieval world. Pick it up you won't be disappointed.

Fantastic

Absotively, posolutly, great. I could not have gotten a better return for the $11 I paid for this book. While there are a few grammar errors, I found the book very easy to read, and the author's style, completely fascinationg. I will definately look for more of his works in the future.

OH MAN MAJOR WOWZERS

This is my very first trip to the worlds of Warhammer. I've been depressed for months because I couldn't find a decent fantasy OR any other kind of fiction for that matter and out of the blue I picked up this book and am totally, completely enthralled. The writing is excellent, the storyline is immersive, major freekin creature fixes, atmosphere, suspense, mystery, excitement, you name it we got it here. There are 4 books about this sweet Genevieve all wrapped up in one volume. So you get a heckuva deal on top of all that satisfactory entertainment. I'm very serious here, buy this, you will love it.