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Much better than the James Woods movie. Vampire$ presents a modern twist on the vamp legend. Bounty hunters employed by the Vatican to stamp out the rabid, snarling, filthy creatures. No victorian costumes or Transylvania accents here. A fun read.

I read this after watching Carpenter's somewhat enjoyable film version, and I have to say that this is one of the better modern vampire novels I have ever read! Funny and Thrilling as well as original and innovative, definitely worth a look.

If you like vampire / monster books but are getting more than a little sick of the romantic light popular authors are casting them in (Anne Rice, Stephanie Meyer, etc), then this is the book for you. It was immensely satisfying to read about vampires as an evil plague that needed to be eradicated -- for a price. Very entertaining read -- just don't see the movie (it was awful).

I read this book because I am a fan of the John Carpenter movie based on this book. This book is quite a twist on the stale vampire genre. If I had read this book before I saw the movie, I would have turned the movie off half way through in disgust. Yes the book in this case is many levels greater than the movie. I recommend this to anyone who likes or once liked the vampire genre and got a little bored or worn out from it. This one is a cut or bite above the vast majority of these types of stories. If you are a fan of the movie, read this book. If you are taking a break from vampire stories out of boredom, give this a try. Too bad Steakley is not a prolific writer. I will hunt for his small collection of I think 3 other novels after this one. Take a bite of this one, especially if you like the horror genre and a little tired of the Sookie Stackhouse-Stephanie Myer teen drivel out there, this is a book for adults.

The novel behind John Carpenter's Vampires overshadows the movie in just about every way possible. A fantastic read and well worth the time spent.

This book has been made into a movie from Columbia Pictures. None of this new-fangled 'Vampires are simply misunderstood' stuff. Vampires are evil creature that use humans for food. So, do you want to be food, or not? If not, what are you going to do about it?

From back cover:
Suppose there really were vampires. Dark. Stalking. Destroying. They'd have to be killed, wouldn't they? Of course they would. But what kind of fools would try to make a living at it?
From the bestselling author of the phenomenal DAW science fiction classic, Armor, comes the blood-curdling story of a dedicated group that makes a precarious living killing the undead.
"This is exciting and surprising stuff . . . a real genre bender that keeps the best elements of both." --Locus.