Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Seth Graham-Smith

Hachette Audio (Unabridged)
April 19, 2011 / ISBN 978-1609419981
Fantasy / Historical / Audio CD
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Reviewed by Jo Rogers

Seth Graham-Smith has given history a twist, a hard twist, toward the bizarre. It's beautifully written with so much truth in it, it reads like a biography.

Young Abe Lincoln learned about vampires at a very early age. He began killing them before he was thirteen. His first kill made him physically ill. The thought of killing sickened him; the knowledge that he had taken the life of another living being made him emotionally ill. Over and over he kept seeing the stark terror on the man's face as his life slipped away. He vowed he would never kill again.

Then, he learned that his mother had died from a fever inflicted by a vampire. He was devastated to know that his beloved mother was now a vampire, a blood-thirsty killer. He then vowed to kill as many vampires as he could before he died. He never wanted another child to endure what he had gone through. And then he met Henry. Henry was a vampire who hated those who preyed on the living and healthy, not on the sick, weak and dying.

Henry gave Abe a mission. He gave him a name, a vampire who preyed on children. This time, Abe didn't feel sick when he made the kill.

This book contains a lot of biographical information about Abraham Lincoln, enough that it's hard to tell where the truth leaves off and the fiction begins. That kind of blending takes some expert writing. Another good thing is the lack of profanity and graphic sex. Kudos for Mr. Graham-Smith for that! Kudos also to Scott Holst! His reading brought the story and its people to life.

Pick up a copy of "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" and enjoy listening to a good book. You won't be disappointed.

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