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\"hunterofthedead\"Hunter of the Dead\u00a0<\/em>by Stephen Kozeniewski<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Sinister Grin\u00a0Press\u00a0(August 2016)<\/strong>
\n402\u00a0pages; $17.59 paperback; $3.99 e-book<\/strong>
\nReviewed by\u00a0Frank Michaels Errington<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hunter of the Dead<\/span><\/i> is a sprawling, epic tale of vampire houses, the Inquisitors who seek to destroy them, and the one both vampires and Inquisitors fear the most, simply known as The Hunter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kozeniewski wastes no time setting the bloody tone for the tale which follows. I have never read anything like this. At times mesmerizing and breathtaking, <\/span>Hunter of the Dead<\/span><\/i> is every bit as entertaining as <\/span>The Strain<\/span><\/i>, but dissimilar in many ways. Multiple story-lines are woven together in a complex tapestry of blood and violence. No sparkly vampires here, these undead are definitely hardcore.<\/span><\/p>\n

My intellect tells me there is no chance that The Hunter of the Dead has emerged from centuries of sleep. That he disappeared all those years ago. But my heart screams out that he is back. And if he is, then, yes, mankind and immortals both are in existential danger. He is vicious, soulless, relentless. A killing machine without mercy, without fear. He destroys the undying the same way a man swats a fly. He is indestructible. And he is very, very real.<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It there are any negatives with <\/span>Hunter of the Dead<\/span><\/i> it would be in the way the story moves from the past to the present and back again, which I did find a bit tricky to follow, but overall, <\/span>Hunter of the Dead<\/span><\/i> is a read that is well worth your time.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hunter of the Dead\u00a0by Stephen Kozeniewski Sinister Grin\u00a0Press\u00a0(August 2016) 402\u00a0pages; $17.59 paperback; $3.99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Frank Michaels Errington Hunter of the Dead is a sprawling, epic tale of vampire houses, the Inquisitors who seek to destroy them, and the one both vampires and Inquisitors fear the most, simply known as The Hunter. Kozeniewski wastes no … Continue Reading! “Review: ‘Hunter of the Dead’ by Stephen Kozeniewski”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[80],"tags":[42,79,817,818],"class_list":["post-8506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-featured","tag-reviews","tag-stephen-kozeniewski","tag-the-hunter-of-the-dead"],"yoast_head":"\nReview: 'Hunter of the Dead' by Stephen Kozeniewski - 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