
Candace G. (
Ogre) wrote on 5/6/2009...
This is a great sequel to their first book, DHAMPIR. Plots within plots, friends who may not be friends; enemies who may not be enemies; and enemies who most definitely ARE enemies!
From back cover: Magiere the dhampir thinks that her nights of hunting vampires are over. After settling down in her newly adopted village of Miiska now vampire-free, thanks to her and her half-elf partner, Leesil she looks forward to quiet days tending to her tavern.
But far away in the capital city of Bela, a prominent councilman's daughter has been found dead on her own doorstep... and all signs point to a vampire. Knowing that the battered and burned village of Miiska could use an infusion of cash, Bela's town council offers a generous bounty to the dhampir if she will slay their vampire. Magiere resists, wanting nothing more than to forget her past and ignore her half-vampire nature. Only Leesil can persuade Magiere to follow her destiny before more innocent lives are claimed by darkness.
Magiere and Leesil have just recovered from their first dangerous encounter with the undead. Now they find themselves facing an even more impossible task. Debt. Conviently, a job for slaying the undead in a large city comes up. Magiere, the half-vampire, wants nothing more than to never face that dark side of her that arised when killing the undead, but Leesil knows that they have no choice. Theif of Lives starts out all-too-similar to the first book in the series, Dhampir. As the book progresses, you begin to realize that things are about to change majorly. But will these changes be for the better or the worse?

Uche O. (
mooknow) wrote on 1/9/2007...
I really need to stop reading this series, but can't. :( It's one of the myriad vampire novels - the second part of the only vampire series I've read and likely will read. It's trashy good fun, and pretty well written, and the plot is actually quite interesting. Bad news? Can we say "stock characters"? Still, as I said, good fun to read on a trip somewhere.

Theda A. (
Tee) wrote on 10/10/2005...
Well-written and original vampire tale.
This entire series is great.