Of Masques and Martyrs (Peter Octavian)

This is an excellent vampire series. If this is your first Christopher Golden book I would highly suggest reading this series in order: (1) Of Saints and Shadows (2) Angel Souls and Devil Hearts (3) Of Masques and Martyrs and (4) The Gathering Dark. I enjoyed this series as much as I enjoyed the first four anita blake novels and more than the tanya huff series. I highly highly recommend. Book #3 continues where Book #2 left off. There is still a huge war between the good vampires versus evil vampires. The evil vampires have taken over the world and are hunting humans. The world used to have sympathy for vampires, but through senseless acts of violence and killing by Hannibal, vampires are hated amongst humans. This makes life even harder for the good vampires who want to live in harmony with humans. This book continues the war with the evil ones. The leader of the good vampires is still our hero Peter Octavian.This is an excellent vampire series. I highly recommend. You will not be disappointed.

I have read all of this series, and each book shows the tale of the Shadows and how they have emerged into our world, and we in to theirs. Of Saints and Shadows, and Angel Hearts and Devil Souls shows us how vunerable we are to being human. This one showed that even those who seemed famned into forever hunting and the for eveer hell, that is not true. Peter Octavian shows us that even the most battered soul, may still shine.

Let's face it, Of Saints and Shadows was a completely original take on a vampire mythology that had been worn down by countless rehashes. It's very originality, coupled with great writing, made it fantastic. Angel Hearts and Devil Souls delivered the most awesome origin of vampires I could possibly imagine, again coupled with great writing. So each of the first two books were great due to the combination of a great idea and the writing that matched. This is were Of Masques and Martyrs doesn't match up. It still has the great writing, but there isn't that killer idea behind the story that the first two had. Still, it's a good read and ends the series in a way that I think is fitting of the series in general. There's at least one interesting new character in Korumaku, and (as always) a cataclysmic battle of the vampires at the end of the story. I'm glad Golden decided to end it now, rather than try to string out the series and have to quality dwindle down to a formulaic nothingness. A good final effort.

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