Simon Wiesenthal's Nazi hunters, the Soviet People's Standing Tribunal on Fascist War Crimes and Allied war crimes tribunals such as the Nuremberg Trials Dan's first published story appeared on Feb. 15, 1982, the day his daughter, Jane Kathryn, was born. He's always attributed that coincidence to "helping in keeping things in perspective when it comes to the relative importance of writing and life." I despair at the rise of modern violence. I truly give in to despair at times, that deep, futureless pit of despair which Hopkins called carrion comfort." A very interesting premise and a good story. The ending was also surprising and I appreciated it. This was a fine example of Mr. Simmon's horror writing abilities. The story is vast and exciting. The "vampire" Willi Borden ( SS Oberst Wilhelm Von Borchert) is quite the evil character and stands out for his particular level of cruelty. The story then fast forwards to 1980 and we are introduced to a powerful trio of these creatures. Willi, Nina, and Melanie have been acquaintances for centuries. They play a game where they use mortal pawns to commit heinous acts for points and then meet up to tally the results. This is the premise that starts the story and it turns out to be a crazy one indeed. Part horror, part spy novel, part mystery and even adventure. It sounds strange that a book can have all those elements but this one certainly does.

Reverend Jimmy Wayne Sutter, an incredibly influential and successful televangelist who uses "The Ability" mainly to get obscenely rich.Carrion Comfort is a mess of a book. Not only are there evil, mind-controlling vampires, the things they do are just so ripe with evil. It's almost like they give evil a new name. Carrion Comfort is touted as one of the greatest vampire novel's of all time and I still can't get my head around that. The villains in this tale aren't your traditional vampires. They come across more as regular people, well sociopaths, who have the ability to mind control the general populous. Some of them refer to this as feeding but really it never came across as something that they needed to do to survive. So kinda vampire-ish but not really to me.

MaGiCa (с "Бряг край мътни води" - Джо Р. Лансдейл, "Пътуващо представление с вампир" - Ричард Леймън, "Рога" Джо Хил (син на Стивън Кинг), "Градска готика" - Брайън Кийн, споменатият "Момчешки живот" и още купчина култови заглавия от литературата с остър сюжет) и моята добра приятелка (писателка и преводачка) Елена Павлова. Creo que pocas veces me he topado con libros que logren estremecer y perturbar de esta forma. La manera en que Dan Simmons relata la violación mental que sufren las víctimas de estos “vampiros de la mente” supera incluso cualquier descripción de violencia física que haya leído antes. Por otra parte, las escenas de acción están muy bien logradas, son realmente angustiantes. En especial destaco aquellas donde se involucra a la pandilla Alma de la Fábrica, un grupo de jóvenes marginados de color en un suburbio de Filadelfia. So I'm changing my final score on this novel from a solid 3 to a generous 4 stars, because the book was JUST THAT UNPREDICTABLE. First, I think some of this book could have been cut out. There was a point where I felt like I was going to gouge my eyes out at one point because I kept feeling like the story just kept going, and going, and going.....But whatever...The overall story is NOT disappointing, and has LOTS of action. Carrion Comfort's story is complex, and involves several parties. Not only are these parties involved in a bigger picture, but they also have their own stories and action. There really isn't a main character, but several main characters, and several minor characters. As far as main characters go, Saul was my definite favorite. His story from the past to the present was so intriguing, and his time in WWII in the concentration camps was probably my favorite part of the entire novel. His cat and mouse relationship with the one and only Oberst was interesting, and I found myself cheering for him to succeed and avenge what and who the Oberst had done and is. The other characters: Natalie, Rob, Melanie, and Harod were also some of my favorite characters. Even though some of those characters were part of the evil side, I found I still enjoyed reading about them.

Beneath the Watery Moon is Betsy Reavley’s beautifully written first release and tells the macabre story of a young woman battling against mental illness. Saul might be one of my favorite protagonists in any story. A survivor against the most oppressive and terrifying odds. This was my first Dan Simmons book and I had no real idea what to expect. I did know from friends warning me, to ignore the cover blurb comparing this to King's The Stand, so I was not disappointed to find the two are worlds apart, but both are epic in scope and flawlessly executed.

I don't want to spoil anything but I will say that Saul was my favorite character. He was so well written, I never doubted his authenticity one bit. Rob Gentry and Natalie Preston were equally good.

stars out of five. Carrion Comfort is a highly original, Bram Stoker award winning, action-horror. The plot centres around the battle between the forces of good and evil, in this case psychic, mind controlling vampires. Does that sound awesome or what? Mind penetrating psi vampires haunt humankind in the same year Simmons´ ingenious sci-fi fantasy milestone Hyperion was published and revolutionize the horror genre in the same way. Finally, there was a very, VERY memorable scene for me. Something I don't think I'll ever forget... The WWII chess game where Saul is introduced to the Oberst. It was such a surreal scene, and like I said, it is one I won't soon forget. The impact the scene has on the entire novel, and how it lets you know how much evil people can be fraught with, was just astounding.