Though it is a little slow in the beginning, as it gathers momentum you soon are not able to put it down. His narrative allows you to suspend belief just enough to buy into his plot and storyline. While this sounds fairly vainglorious, Robert McCammon pulls it off. In They Thirst as in classic Vampire lore, the ancient vampire of East European origin, in this case, Prince Vulcan, who was made a vampire at the age of 17 in twelfth century Hungary, comes to America in order to conquer it for the undead and to create a Vampire Army to conquer the world. It is a classic story that has shades of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and shades of The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan.

It is well plotted, a good story and the narration by Ray Porter only adds to its excellence. If you love Vampires, you’ll love this work. They Thirst is a classic vampire horror story. Wonderfully Entertaining-A Classic Vampire Story I also relate him so much to Joe Ledger, that it often takes me a few minutes to get my brain to forget Joe Ledger and get in the present story. That being said I will say he only has one female voice. Ray Porter is by far one of the best narrators around. If you are a fan of Zombie books, give this a try, it is very similar. It is well done and will not bore you in any part. Only instead of being dark and secret, they launch a campaign to take over the world, starting with Los Angeles. See Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan's The Strain, The Fall, The Night Eternal (a good series, just would have been better done in one long book.) The story is about Vampires and McCammon stays true to all the legends. This was written in 1981 and had it bee written today by another writer, he would have added 10 boring hours and made it a trilogy. I also appreciate getting this in one volume. He even dinks one of his earlier works in this book. Off the top of my head they would be Robin Hobb, James Michener, Stephen King, Bryce Courtenay and Robert McCammon. There are few writers that can keep me entertained for 19 hours.

This is a fun, could be the end of the world novel, that never takes it's self too serious.

They Thirst by Robert McCammon