Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Area 51: Nosferatu by Robert Doherty ISBN: 0-440-23724-6 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (9 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: I hated this book
Comment: I loved the Area 51 Series, but this book was just a disappointment. Looks like the author is now just milking what was a good series and taking advantage of readers who buy his books.
Am definitely not buying the next book Area 51 - Legends.
Rating: 4
Summary: Vampires From Outer Space
Comment: Or maybe that should be "Vampires Whose Parents are From Outer Space and Have Molded Human History for the Past 10,000 Years." Or... Well, you get the message. This is a concoction of alien invasion and Dracula, which, fortunately, was written by an author capable of making a story enjoyable reading even when it is completely unbelievable.
This is the eighth in Robert Doherty's Area 51 series, and in many ways, it is one of the best. The original series, up through The Truth, suffers from the persistence of the characters. Doherty's forte is not character development, and one can only stand a character endlessly repeating the same behaviors for a certain length of time. With Nosferatu, we get an entirely new case, human and Airlia scion included.
The Airlia, we discover, bred with humans to create a hybrid that they could use as blood bags. Having only half Airlia blood, they could provide nourishment to their masters while feeding on humans. There are very few of these 'vampires,' all kept in the complex under Giza and the pyramids. During a revolt, Nosferatu, Vampyr, and Nekhbet manage to escape. By dint of determination and the ability to sleep for thousands of years. Nosferatu and Vampyr manage to outlast the Airlia gods. Nekhbet was injured in the escape and cannot be awakened until a new supply of Airlia blood is found. Nosferatu is the one that loves her, but Vampyr seeks only one thing - revenge for what the Airlia and their human servants have done.
Gradually the story moved into the present, making a shambles of much of human history in the process. Doherty has a tendency to explain everything that ever happened as the result of the interference of the Airlia and the vampires. Personally, I find this excessive, but Doherty manages to keep this from becoming a show stopper, weaving everything together into an effort that is completely satisfactory. The only other flaw is that the conclusion is rushed mercilessly. This isn't a gradually build-up, but a sudden shift of gears. Unwarned, the reader is suddenly in the middle of the conclusion without the necessary mental preparation.
Still, a good story, even if it lacks greatness. Most people don't expect alien invations to be great literature (despite some glaring exceptions). What they do expect is suspense and entertainment, and these are the core of Doherty's success. This story can be treated as a stand-alone effort, but reading the preceding volumes will enhance the readers understanding of the baroque infrastructure underlying this tale.
Rating: 4
Summary: AREA 51: NOSFERATU
Comment: This book is about a vampire named Nosferatu, and he is the main character. It starts out in ancient Egypt where him and his loved are locked up in a tomb with 2 others. Some people free the 2 others his love and him. While they try to escape they are caught and 2 of them were captured. The 2 were his love and the others sister; Vampyr is the one who lost his sister. Vampyr and Nosferatu escape but Vampyr sister was killed and ran away with vengeance towards humanity and the Airlia Gods. Nosferatu's love was captured and promised to save her someday. When he finally saved after so many centuries he discovered he needed Airlia blood to live eternity with his blood. Throughout the rest of the novel Nosferatu searches for the blood and runs into many troubles in his journey for the Airlia blood as in traveling distant lands and running into his kind Vampyr.
I think this novel kicked some serious butty. The main part I kept reading this book is because it was about vampires and there was alot of gore. There were many battles that took place in this book as well as extra action. The ways the vampires are described in this book are some new things as well as things people would already know. Like their thirst for blood and poor immunity towards the sunlight.
The reason this book was good is the action the adventure and the way the author wrote it. This book also takes place in the future as well as the past of the characters. In the prologue there was this part in the book where a women is riding in a helicopter and it lands in a middle of a forest and there she gets off and waiting there is a vehicle with Vampyr inside, he gets out and Vampyr says" Run or you will die" and the women is puzzled by what he just said and she started running but soon Vampyr chased her down in the forest like he is playing with his food.
Another reason I picked this book is that it doesn't stay in just one place or with one character throughout the book. The book jumps usually between what Nosferatu is doing and what Vampyr is doing, or with some of the other small characters. There are real cool parts in the book as well as war between the Spartans and Athens in a time where Vampyr fought in.
I recommend this book too people interested in vampires, action, gore, the past, magic, and war. The majority of this book takes place in the past. There is gore description whenever the vampires hunt for blood or when Vampyr gets his arms cut of for eating a women and her children. The only magic I remember in the book is in a huge battle against a powerful I like to say a wizard and his army of ruffians. The Wizard uses his power to make lighting bolts, which destroy most of the enemy. I mainly recommend this book to people interested in vampires and Nosferatu and his journey.
 |
Title: Area 51: The Truth (Area 51 (Paperback)) by Robert Doherty ISBN: 0440237068 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
 |
Title: Area 51: Legend (Area 51 (Paperback)) by ROBERT DOHERTY ISBN: 0440237254 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 30 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
 |
Title: Area 51: Excalibur (Area 51 (Paperback)) by ROBERT DOHERTY ISBN: 044023705X Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 26 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
 |
Title: Assault on Atlantis (Atlantis) by Greg Donegan ISBN: 0515136301 Publisher: Jove Books Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
 |
Title: The Grail (Area 51 (Paperback)) by Robert Doherty ISBN: 0440234956 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 06 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
