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    A People's History of the Vampire Uprising: A Novel

    Written by Raymond A. Villareal

    Narrated by Jeff Bottoms, Rena Marie Villano, Robert Petkoff and

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    In this ambitious and wildly original debut—part social-political satire, part international mystery—a new virus turns people into something a bit more than human, upending society as we know it.

    This panoramic fictional oral history begins with one small mystery: the body of a young woman found in an Arizona border town, presumed to be an illegal immigrant, disappears from the town morgue. To the young CDC investigator called in to consult with the local police, it's an impossibility that threatens her understanding of medicine.

    Then, more bodies, dead from an inexplicable disease that solidified their blood, are brought to the morgue, only to also vanish. Soon, the U.S. government—and eventually biomedical researchers, disgruntled lawmakers, and even an insurgent faction of the Catholic Church—must come to terms with what they're too late to stop: an epidemic of vampirism that will sweep first the United States, and then the world.

    With heightened strength and beauty and a stead diet of fresh blood, these changed people, or "Gloamings," rapidly rise to prominence in all aspects of modern society. Soon people are beginning to be "re-created," willingly accepting the risk of death if their bodies can't handle the transformation. As new communities of Gloamings arise, society is divided, and popular Gloaming sites come under threat from a secret terrorist organization. But when a charismatic and wealthy businessman, recently turned, runs for political office—well, all hell breaks loose.

    Told from the perspective of key players, including a cynical FBI agent, an audacious campaign manager, and a war veteran turned nurse turned secret operative, A People's History of the Vampire Uprising is an exhilarating, genre-bending debut that is as addictive as the power it describes.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateJun 5, 2018
    ISBN9781478992837
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    • 2/5
      I was really interested in this book after reading the description. I started reading it and everything seemed to be going well. The further along I read the more frustrated I became with this book. This just around between different people and different time periods. I didn't really mind that but what did annoy me is that there are so many things that you want explained and want to hear about what happened and it seems to take forever to flesh out any of the plot. Quite frankly I finished the book feeling like nothing was resolved at all and still had a ton of questions that I felt were not answered. I didn't think that this was supposed to be part of a series but that is the only way I can explain the lackluster ending and the unanswered questions. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the galley.
    • 3/5
      This was like Villareal tossed a bit of Justin Cronin's The Passage and Trueblood/Sookie Stackhouse novels into a Vitamix and poured out this interesting concoction that's two parts social/religious/cultural/political satire and one part horror (make your own determination where the real horror lies for you). The format is many disparate pieces from, tabloids, law reviews, medical and scientific journals, personal journals, news papers and more without anything to much bridge them together, save the date on each entry which lets you know how long the outbreak has been going as you progress through the story. Patient Zero, Liza Sole and the CDC investigator seeking her were to me, most likely characters to glom onto to follow but after we're introduced to them we're quickly ushered off to what this book really wants to show, the more important story of how the Gloaming literally shift society through many mechanisms and ascend to power. With a wry eye winking at the reader, Villareal wends this tale with timely situations, references and even celebrity mentions (I did think the celeb and social media gaze will quickly date this story, so read it within a year or so people!). I liked this take for its originality and keeping me hooked on a mysterious thread (like seriously, that gold!) but would have loved more character fleshing out. They felt like they were just here to service the story and that was a bit unsatisfying for me. Still, if like me, you're a fan of the books I mention at the outset, give this one a read.Thanks to Mullholland Books and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my unbiased review.
    • 4/5
      The end of the world starts slow but has been a long time coming. The Gloamings have been plotting for centuries.
    • 3/5
      This is yet another book about an apocalypse told post-facto using memoirs, media accounts and items compiled by an historian. As such it lacks immediacy and calls to mind similar (exceedingly similar) books about the zombie uprising including "This Is the Way the World Ends: an Oral History of the Zombie War" and "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War", neither of which I found interesting. Additionally, this text is marred by extraneous material – many pages of unneeded back story. I don't recommend the book at all.I received a review copy of "A People's History of the Vampire Uprising" by Raymond A. Villareal (Mulholland) through NetGalley.com.
    • 3/5
      HORRORRaymond A. VillarealA People’s History of the Vampire Uprising: A NovelMulholland BooksHardcover, 978-1-3165-6168-6 (also available as an e-book and audio book), 432 pgs., $27.00June 5, 2018“These pages are compiled for everyone: those who lived through this time, and those who did not survive. I hope … they give you meaningful perspective.” (signature redacted)A body exhibiting the sort of intradermal contusions affiliated with hemophilia, but no other signs of trauma, is discovered outside Nogales, Arizona. When the state crime lab reports unidentifiable substances in a hair sample from the body, the town coroner, fearing something Ebola-like, reports the curious findings to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). When Dr. Lauren Scott, a research physician with the CDC, arrives in Nogales, the first body is gone but another has been found with identical symptoms. Dr. Scott discovers two tiny puncture wounds in the neck of this second body.What happened to the first body, you ask? It got up and walked out.A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising: A Novel, the first book from San Antonio attorney Raymond A. Villareal, is apocalyptic dystopia, a very popular genre. Unfortunately, it reads like a mashup of “The Walking Dead,” “True Blood,” and The Da Vinci Code.Villareal begins with a decent concept. The vamps in Villareal’s world are called “Gloamings,” presumably because twilight is the time of day when it’s safe for them to emerge. They are carriers of what the government calls the Nogales organic blood illness (NOBI). The Gloamings possess all of the classic vampire traits—speed, strength, hypnotic abilities. The author does an admirable job of relating current societal ills to the vampires: fake news, social media, polarized politics, and conspiracy theories. Law enforcement is accused of unnecessary force. Lobbyists appear. An equal-rights bill is passed. Certain religious denominations excommunicate members who become Gloamings, but the Buddhists are cool with it.Consider: Should vampires, with their enhanced physical attributes, be allowed into the Olympics? Would their lifespans make them the ultimate astronauts? Do they qualify as a protected class under the Family and Medical Leave Act or the American with Disabilities Act? Naturally, celebrities (Taylor Swift!), tech billionaires, and hedge fund managers “re-create” intentionally. Pursuits take place in Texas locales like Marfa and Houston, though with little local detail to reward the reader’s interest.Though wildly imaginative, A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising is enamored of its own cleverness, including footnotes and appendices, an affectation for which I blame David Foster Wallace. Clumsy execution hampers Villareal’s creativity. The dialogue is mundane and odd word choices and nonsensical similes are distracting. Vampire Patient Zero “moves like a cat” while “lurching” toward Dr. Scott. The handcuffs snap off “like wet paper.”A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising failed to hold my attention. The story is related in a compilation of various newspaper reports, magazine articles, blog posts, congressional testimony, interrogation transcripts, and interviews of eyewitnesses. Because the story is told in bits and pieces, the narrative arc is nonexistent. On the other hand, the obstructed narrative flow does mimic the process by which information is disseminated, and images created, in the twenty-first century. The staccato style also precludes any emotional investment in Villareal’s characters. I was briefly cheered when Buffy (the Vampire Slayer) appeared but, fierce and entertaining as she is, she can’t rescue the story alone.If you like horror, and vampires in particular, I recommend In the Valley of the Sun (Skyhorse Publishing, 2017) by Andy Davidson. The anonymous compiler of this history, whose note began this review, hopes in vain.Originally published in Lone Star Literary Life.