Book Title: Drawing Blood
Author: Richard Finney
Series: Relict, #1
Published: October 15th 2012
Publisher: Lono Publishing
Paperback
Pages: 236
GOODREADS SYNOPSIS
Drawing Blood
With humanity at the edge of self-annihilation…
Vampires, living in the shadows of humans for thousands of years, joins the war to end all wars. Their intervention is motivated by the fear that without their intervention the extermination of their food supply will trigger their extinction as well.
Matt Haynes and Tyra Redmond briefly met in the Green Zone. He was a world weary mercenary. She was working for the State Department trying to rebuild a country.
Years later, when their paths cross again, a war has ravaged the planet and decimated the human population. Both are now prisoners at a “Blood Donation Center,” known as CCC197, where they must endure a daily dehumanizing existence of being kept alive only to serve as a source of blood for their captors.
Matt and Tyra must overcome their clashing personalities if they are to plan and execute an audacious escape to freedom which will include all the inmates of CCC197.
Standing in their way is a security team manned by human traitors working for the Vampires. And of course any attempt to escape from the concentration camp will mean defeating a species that has superior strength, cunning, and intelligence.
And for Matt Haynes, there is an even more compelling complication -- one of the vampire commanders of CCC197 is his brother… or was his brother… before he became a member of the undead.
“Drawing Blood” is a heart stopping, paranormal, thriller about the fight for survival, and the struggle to maintain human relationships in a world that has been re-made by the undead.
This is the first of the RELICT BOOK SERIES, each an OPEN ENDED NOVEL depicting the fall of humanity and the attempt by the Vampires to maintain control of their new world order.
The text of “Drawing Blood” is over 47,000 words! But…
ALERT TO ALL INTERESTED READERS: The novel does “end” with “TO BE CONTINUED.” Meaning this is the first book in a series of books.
ANOTHER WARNING: Even if you have read dozens of books about the undead, we bet you will discover “Drawing Blood – Book One of the RELICT Series,” is not your typical Vampire novel.
MY REVIEW
Drawing Blood
I received a free copy of the book from the author for my honest opinion.
The vampires in Drawing Blood are unlike others that I have read. They don't sparkle, they don't fall in love or have feelings. Not that I don't like the sparkly kind which I do. The vampires have taken over the world. They are now in charge and rule over the human population. The humans are captured and kept in donation camps. The vampires refer to them as "juice boxes". These vamps have come up with a brilliant idea on how to take care of their feeding process. They treat the humans the same way as humans treated their animals. But this is all humans are to them they are their food supply. (Ok now this thought is making me think about how cows and pigs feel).
Now on to some of the characters. We have Matt who was a world weary mercenary. Matt acts like some with no feelings as if he only cares about himself. Matt has seen and been through a lot as a mercenary not to mention what he has witnessed since the vamps have taken over. Matt has a brother, Ian one of the commanders in the camp that he believed died a long time ago. But when he is captured and thrown in one of the donation camps he finds out that his brother has become a member of the undead.
Then we have Tyra who worked for the State Department trying to rebuild a country. Matt and Tyra have met before in the Green Zone. If they are going to escape from the camp they have to put aside their inconsistencies and work together. They need to come up with a very good plan otherwise they will never get out. The vamps have humans who has turned to the dark side to help out the vamps. The vamps use humans as guards for the prisoners in the camp. Let me rewind here for minute. I say humans that has turned to the dark side but how do I know if they have actually turned against humans. What if this is the only way they know how to survive? What if the vamps gave them no other choice? If they had refused then the vamps would probably have killed them.
How will Matt, Tyra and the rest of their friends escape? What kind of plan will they come up with? Will their plan work? What will they find on the outside if they do escape? Well I am afraid that I may have already gave away too much so I am not going to say any more. You will just have to read it to find out. If you love vampires then I am sure you will love Drawing Blood as I did.
I would now like to thank the author Richard Finney for contacting me about reviewing Drawing Blood. I had entered Goodreads First Read contest but sadly I didn't win. I was looking forward to reading it so you can image how I felt when I didn't win. But Richard Finney really made my day when he contacted me. Thanks Richard Finney!
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