The Winnowing

Trilogy of the Blood Curse #2

by Gherbod Fleming

The Trilogy of the Blood Curse continues. The Blood Curse means hunger, madness and Final Death. Owain, Ventrue elder and Sabbat spy struggles to hold the curse's madness at bay. Visions plague him every night, and haunt his daytime dreams. Drawn into the imaginations of the eldest of powers, he must choose between his masters if he hopes to survive.

Genres: Vampires, World Of Darkness, Urban Fantasy, Horror, Fantasy, Fiction

350 pages, Paperback

First published April 13, 1998

Reviews

[Gianfranco Mancini · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sometimes it's hard to follow the many Atlanta, Berlin, Los Angeles and Toledo storylines, characters and shifting settings/point of views, but Owain Evans, Ventrue elder struggling between his old duties to the Sabbat and his fondness about the Camarilla who infiltrated as a spy centuries ago, is a great character, pace and ebents are real page-turning ones and the return of ancient Kli Kodesh from connected Grail Covenant trilogy set in the Dark Ages is just heralding lots of interesting things to come and a blast of an ending.
A must read to all fans of Vampire the Masquerade World of Darkness setting.

[Deaf · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read my review of the first before considering this one. I was definitely more interested in the plot as the characters and ideas are developed further here. Enough that the first book had more of a reason to exist. I'd rather give it a 3.5 but a 3 felt too low. Owain's development is far more meaningful overall by the time you finish this one.

[Krzysztof · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jest lepiej niż przy części pierwszej. Akcja wydaje się nabierać tempa, dlatego daję nieco więcej gwiazdek. Jednak nadal nie jest to tak dobra trylogia jak np. "Masquerade of the Red Death".

[Yuelio Menendez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Había leído la tercera parte, por lo que ha sido una experiencia interesante. Leer hacía atrás, dándonos cuenta que no sólo importa el final, sino qué fue lo que provocó ese fin.
Owain Evans no es una personificación de un héroe común. No es aquél personaje que busca la paz y el arreglo pero una persona común tratando de sobrevivir. No importa que tenga 40 o 10 000 años, es un ser que vive lo mismo en dolor de recuerdos, y el miedo a desaparecer.

[Nuno · Rating 4 out of 5]

The plot keeps it interesting and well paced, but what I really liked about it were all the details that make the characters relatable and human (well, not literally...). I think Mr Fleming did a great job there and this is the kind of story I like to take my time reading, so as to really capture the emotions behind the words.
I'll be looking forward to the third book, and to more works from the author.

[Chad · Rating 2 out of 5]

A weak plotline kept unremarkable characters treading the waters of tepid writing through the dull middle stretch of this disappointing trilogy.