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Meteth Chronicles, The (2002)
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Fiction Review by The Gravedigger
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06.17.03
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THE METETH CHRONICLES (2003): Author Rob Frisbee has done something I didn't think could be done anymore-a fascinating reinvention of the vampire myth. This book, told from the point of view of a 30,000 year old vampire, explains how there are only six of his kind in existence and how they cannot die, even when burnt and ashes dispersed to the wind. He keeps a record of himself because, throughout the ages, he loses parts of his memory to make way for the new ones. And sometimes what he reads of his actions horrify him. In 1975, while posing as a journalism student, he discovers that one of his offspring is responsible for the mass killings in Cambodia-and goes to stop him. It seems that a vampire's offspring are on opposite extremes of humanity-either very good or very bad. But there are some unexpected turn of events concerning himself that keep him from this mission.
I did not want this book to end, it's such a page turner. With Meteth Frisbee has created an interesting and sympathetic character, on par with Rice's Lestat. I eagerly await the next chronicle. Check out www.darkhousebooks.com for more info.
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Rating: nan out of 10.0 - votes cast total
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