In this first book of the trilogy, Ondrashek soaks with blood the idea of the “typical” vampire. Just turning the first page you already have a good dose of gore and that grabbed me, you bet!
He is an excellent writer and creates fresh, agile… dark threads. Darker than you expected, that’s his secret weapon. He doesn’t fall for the average superhero story, all the characters have a low side which shines at some point, showing their cards.
The author makes the best of such a great imagination, moulding disturbing creatures in the reader’s mind. He’s very easy to read, very pleasurable, no matter how bloody is the tale he’s murmuring in your ear.
Revenge, betrayal, power. It’s all about keeping an impossible balance that explodes into ashes when they cross a very delicate line. How to keep the peace between prey and predator? Ondrashek submerges you into the entrails of a (sentenced?) battle between humans and the undead. Crime-thrilling, he grabs your full attention and doesn’t set you free. You’ll devour this book.
Not only for horror readers, also for dark fantasy lovers. An amazing genre-defiant piece, I sincerely enjoyed it.
