num_pages: 690
description: THE GAME"Wake up little pawn. Time to play." Saul felt it then. Something hit him. None of the German's had moved, not so much as an inch, but something struck Saul a terrible blow at the base of the spine. Then it entered him. It was in him, ramming his back straight, causing his arms and legs to spasm wildly. He felt something close on his brain like a vice, squeezing, squeezing. He could feel it in his mind, a cold presence wrapped in a blazing corona of pain. He tried to scream but it would not let him. THE PLAYERSThey are 'mind vampires'- creatures with the psychic ability to 'use' humans: read their minds, subjugate them to their wills, experience through their senses, feed off their emotions, force them to acts of unspeakable violence. Each year three of them, Melanie, Willi and Nina, meet to discuss their on-going competition of vampirism and slaughter. But this year something goes wrong and they, and their innocent victms, are plunged into a struggle that will determine the future of the world itself. Ranged against them is a handful of mortals: Saul Laski, psychologist and concentration camp survivor, who has devoted his life to tracking down the Nazi vampire von Borchert; Natalie Preston, whose father inadvertantly and fatally crossed the path of the ancient and deadly Melanie; Sheriff Bobby Joe Gentry, dragged in while investigating a series of murders. Together they create a strange and vulnerable alliance against evil...
language: English
title: Carrion Comfort
titlecomplete: Carrion Comfort
characters: Wilhelm von Borchert, Natalie Preston, Bobby Joe Gentry, Melanie Fuller, Nina Drayton, Saul Laski
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller, Vampires, Horror, Paranormal, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Supernatural, Suspense
ratings_count: 22576
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Horror Novel, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Headline