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I Travel by Night and Last Train from Perdition
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Two short novels featuring the vampiric gunslinger who seeks vengeance and justice across the Old West, from the New York Times–bestselling master of horror.
He was once a husband, father, lawyer, and Civil War soldier. Now he is a vampire struggling to hold onto his last thread of humanity—and to destroy the one who made him.
In I Travel by Night, Trevor Lawson handles matters from his lair at the Hotel Sanctuaire in New Orleans. When a prominent lumber man comes to him for help—to find and free his kidnapped daughter—Trevor senses a trap, for the man who signed the ransom note is one he knows too well. Traveling towards a ghost town in the dark of the swamps, Trevor soon finds himself preparing for a final showdown against the purest form of evil in existence: the Dark Society and its bloodthirsty queen.
With his new sidekick, Ann Kingsley, Trevor travels to Montana in Last Train from Perdition. When they try to free a young man from an outlaw gang, an innocent woman is caught in the crossfire. To save her life—and bring their captured fugitives to justice—Trevor and Ann take the train to Helena, never expecting the ambush that awaits them. For an army of the undead has gathered in the snowy darkness with a very special surprise for Ann: a reunion with her father and sister, who no longer resemble the humans she once loved.
“Perfect for Deadwood fans and those who enjoy the American Vampire graphic-novel series by Scott Snyder. Clear a couple of hours, you’ll want to devour this in one sitting.” —Booklist
He was once a husband, father, lawyer, and Civil War soldier. Now he is a vampire struggling to hold onto his last thread of humanity—and to destroy the one who made him.
In I Travel by Night, Trevor Lawson handles matters from his lair at the Hotel Sanctuaire in New Orleans. When a prominent lumber man comes to him for help—to find and free his kidnapped daughter—Trevor senses a trap, for the man who signed the ransom note is one he knows too well. Traveling towards a ghost town in the dark of the swamps, Trevor soon finds himself preparing for a final showdown against the purest form of evil in existence: the Dark Society and its bloodthirsty queen.
With his new sidekick, Ann Kingsley, Trevor travels to Montana in Last Train from Perdition. When they try to free a young man from an outlaw gang, an innocent woman is caught in the crossfire. To save her life—and bring their captured fugitives to justice—Trevor and Ann take the train to Helena, never expecting the ambush that awaits them. For an army of the undead has gathered in the snowy darkness with a very special surprise for Ann: a reunion with her father and sister, who no longer resemble the humans she once loved.
“Perfect for Deadwood fans and those who enjoy the American Vampire graphic-novel series by Scott Snyder. Clear a couple of hours, you’ll want to devour this in one sitting.” —Booklist
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Rad1993
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“2 superb novellas about a vampire gunslinger in 1860s USA. Superb westerny vibe and awesome action throughout. I actually felt the characterisation was done really well for 2 very short novels just over a 100 pages long.
I wish this had been either one long book, a longer book of short stories or a full series about this character as I think there’s a lot of great stuff to build on here with the characters of Trevor Lawson and Ann.”
Jack
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John
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“<strong>awesome</strong>
My first taste of McCammon and I must say that I am impressed. It’s basically a western Blade The Vampire Hunter novella. The first story has fun character building for Trevor, he is a Vampire For Hire who only drinks animal blood and works as a private investigator in a way. On the side, he’s searching for his maker to suck her dry to hopefully become human again.
Book 2 doesn’t pick off where the first one did and basically abandoned the main premise which was irritating but it was significantly more action packed so it paid off. It left off like there will be book 3 but I don’t know why there hasn’t been one…”
Paxton Holley
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“Two novellas about Trevor Lawson, a confederate soldier who was turned into a vampire by the female LaRouge after nearly dying on the battlefield of the Civil War. Now Trevor’s a freelance adventurer who helps people while also hunting down LaRouge in the hopes killing her will change him back human.
These are pretty cool adventures. Trevor isn’t a full vampire yet, he’s more like a half vampire. He prolongs his humanity by drinking animal blood. But he still has a lot of their strengths and weaknesses. In the first story he’s lured into a trap at a sunken ghost town in the Louisiana swamps by LaRouge who wants to turn him into a full vampire. In the second story Trevor is trapped on a train with several humans, stuck in the snow, surrounded by hundreds of full vampires ready to kill everyone on board.
These are cool and different. I’d like to read more.”
About Robert McCammon
Robert McCammon (b. 1952) is one of the country’s most accomplished authors of modern horror and historical fiction, and a founder of the Horror Writers Association. Raised by his grandparents in Birmingham, Alabama, Bram Stoker and World Fantasy Award–winning McCammon published his first novel, the Revelations-inspired Baal, when he was only twenty-six. His writings continued in a supernatural vein throughout the 1980s, as he produced such bestselling titles as Swan Song, The Wolf’s Hour, and Stinger.
In 1991, Boy’s Life won the World Fantasy Award for best novel. After his next novel, Gone South, McCammon took a break from writing to spend more time with his family. He did not publish another novel until 2002’s Speaks the Nightbird. Since then, he has followed “problem-solver” Matthew Corbett through seven sequels, in addition to writing several non-series books, including The Border and The Listener. McCammon still lives in Birmingham.
In 1991, Boy’s Life won the World Fantasy Award for best novel. After his next novel, Gone South, McCammon took a break from writing to spend more time with his family. He did not publish another novel until 2002’s Speaks the Nightbird. Since then, he has followed “problem-solver” Matthew Corbett through seven sequels, in addition to writing several non-series books, including The Border and The Listener. McCammon still lives in Birmingham.
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