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'Fort Defiance' Ep. 3 of The Strain recap/review

Photo: Michael Gibson/FX Something about a show that connects the fiction to reality makes fans connect really well. If you're on the east coast and in NY/NJ this episode was really easy to relate to based on where many things happened. The book does the same thing for the readers and the changes being made for the show are more pluses than minus. Photo: Michael Gibson/FX The city has declared war against Strigoi and will not go down without a fight. An example was made of many of the masters turned to let him know humans will be fighting back. Fet's plan to cut off the transportation underground of the villainous vampire strain. Meanwhile, Vaugh is helping Augustin refine his vampire slaying skills. Photo: Michael Gibson/FX Setrakian's health was fading so he had to do something drastic to get his strength back to continue his battle with The Master. He has been using the worms to prolong his life to continue his mission by boiling their essence i...

The Last American Vampire: Book Review

Cover from Goodreads.com For someone that is not a fan of vampires, I sure do read a lot of vampire books. It's usually with vampires as the bad guys though as they are meant to be.  Not those "other" vampires, you know the ones I mean. The one's that glitter, you won't find reviews of those kind on this site. You will find reviews of the good vampire books and The Last American Vampire is one of them. Keep in mind it is a sequel to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and focuses on a character introduced in that book named Henry Sturges. He is a secondary character in the Lincoln titled book but he is the main protagonist in this one. It begins just after Lincoln's story so you would be doing yourself a favor reading that first. Not like the movie at all and way better. This sequel takes you through Henry Sturges's years from his transformation to a vampire right up until modern times. A lot of history being mashed up into some entertaining fiction ...