30 Days of Night: Rumors of the Undead

Love them, love them, love them. Can't wait to get my next two or three books....

Rumors of the Undead is the perfect book to read if you loved vampires prior to Anne Rice turning vampire literature into homoerotica with fangs. Much like the comic, the book has lots of blood and violence with a very dark and gritty style of story telling. The lead character, Andy Gray, is a normal Joe living a normal life until it's turned upside down by betrayal and supernatural forces. The characters that need to be fleshed out our fleshed out quite well. Niles also tossed elements of the original 30 Days of Night story in order for those who haven't read the original series to get an idea of what's going on in the world of 30 Days of Night. However, one should really read the first three segments of 30 Days of Night, not only will it make the book a lot better but it's a great story. In short, the vampires of 30 Days of Night are cold and animalistic and they're not really into chit chat. So if you're more into vampires in victorian clothes and who go on like an emo kids on speed, Rumors of the Undead may not be your cup of tea. But if you like vampires of legend, you'll love it.

I read the comic book that this story is based upon. The comic was brilliant and unique and a really great story. The book tells an even better one. In this book you will meet FBI agent Andy Gray. Andy is a fairly normal, nerdy kind of guy. He is very nondescript and a little in awe of his more outgoing flamboyant partner. The story is about Andy's partner being turned into a vampire and Andy's quest to stop him. It is also about how to come to grips with hard truths about the people that you love and how wallowing in denial and self pity can ruin a life. You actually get to see Andy make mistake after mistake and you cringe and really don't like him a lot in this book, but you can't stop yourself from reading. The book is so gripping that you have to follow his tragic story to its conclusion.

this may be the best modern vampire novel i have ever read . great story line . in depth charcters.writen in a way to be totaly believable in todays era. what would you do if you knew it was all true and how far would you go to bring the existance of the vampire race into the light.

This was a surprisingly good vampire story! Apparently, it is based on the graphic novels in a series entitled 30 DAYS OF NIGHT. I haven't read any of the graphic novels but this book worked extremely well as a stand alone novel. Andy Gray and Paul Norris are FBI agents searching for Stella Olemaun, a suspected terrorist due to her stockpiling of weapons. Paul is killed by a vampire- only Paul doesn't truly die but instead becomes a vampire himself. Andy begins investigating on his own and soon discovers that Stella is no terrorist. Instead, Stella and her husband, Eben, were involved in a vampire attack on the town of Barrow, Alaska, and Stella is only trying to remain safe while warning the world about the vampires. Andy doesn't believe in vampires initially but soon learns that the FBI is aware of vampires and trying to keep their existence a secret. The FBI attempts to stop Andy's investigations only Andy gets angry and hits his boss, resulting in his suspension. Andy continues researching while drinking heavily and wakes up one morning to find his wife and children dead from a vampire attack. Andy is obviously the prime suspect and so he begins moving from place to place, trying to gather evidence that vampires are real and hoping to locate and kill Paul. He befriends a biochemist and sets a trap for the vampires only to be outsmarted by them. The story includes flashbacks to Stella's account of what happened in Barrow and the authors do an excellent job of weaving the past with the present. Highly recommended!