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30 Days of Night novels #3
30 Days of Night: Eternal Damnation
30 Days of Night novel #3.
Raising the stakes in an already perilous situation, the elite members of a clandestine government sect have taken it upon themselves to become the arbiters of pain and violence against one of the most terrifying forces humanity has ever encountered. But there will be a heavy -- and horrifying -- final price to pay for both sides of an inhuman struggle that now threatens to spill over into an unsuspecting world....
Raising the stakes in an already perilous situation, the elite members of a clandestine government sect have taken it upon themselves to become the arbiters of pain and violence against one of the most terrifying forces humanity has ever encountered. But there will be a heavy -- and horrifying -- final price to pay for both sides of an inhuman struggle that now threatens to spill over into an unsuspecting world....
322 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 29, 2008
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Steve Niles
837 books457 followersSTEVE NILES is one of the writers responsible for bringing horror comics back to prominence, and was recently named by Fangoria magazine as one of it's "13 rising talents who promise to keep us terrified for the next 25 years."
Niles is currently working for the four top American comic publishers - Marvel, DC, Image and Dark Horse. He got his start in the industry when he formed his own publishing company called Arcane Comix, where he published, edited and adapted several comics and anthologies for Eclipse Comics. His adaptations include works by Clive Barker, Richard Matheson and Harlan Ellison.
Steve resides in Los Angeles in his bachelor pad with one cat. While there's no crawlspace, there is a questionable closet in one corner and no one is quite sure what is hidden in there...but we have an idea.
--from the author's website
Niles is currently working for the four top American comic publishers - Marvel, DC, Image and Dark Horse. He got his start in the industry when he formed his own publishing company called Arcane Comix, where he published, edited and adapted several comics and anthologies for Eclipse Comics. His adaptations include works by Clive Barker, Richard Matheson and Harlan Ellison.
Steve resides in Los Angeles in his bachelor pad with one cat. While there's no crawlspace, there is a questionable closet in one corner and no one is quite sure what is hidden in there...but we have an idea.
--from the author's website
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January 14, 2019
3.5 Stars
Another good entry in the 30 Days of Night series, however, I did find a flaw in this volume in that I was finding most of the characters unlikeable, at least to a point. Even the characters I previously liked were changing personalities and turning into characters easy to dislike. Some of it was evened out by the end, and really the entire series has been more about shades of gray, but still, I didn't like some of the choices the characters were making.
This volume focuses on the human organization Operation Red Blooded and its war on the vampires, and it makes you wonder who the real bad guys are at times. The main issue being, both sides seem like bad guys and that makes for a sometimes confusing read. I'm probably overanalyzing things and should just enjoy it for the great action/horror read that it is, but certain things did bother me.
All in all, a good read and fans of the series won't be disappointed.
Another good entry in the 30 Days of Night series, however, I did find a flaw in this volume in that I was finding most of the characters unlikeable, at least to a point. Even the characters I previously liked were changing personalities and turning into characters easy to dislike. Some of it was evened out by the end, and really the entire series has been more about shades of gray, but still, I didn't like some of the choices the characters were making.
This volume focuses on the human organization Operation Red Blooded and its war on the vampires, and it makes you wonder who the real bad guys are at times. The main issue being, both sides seem like bad guys and that makes for a sometimes confusing read. I'm probably overanalyzing things and should just enjoy it for the great action/horror read that it is, but certain things did bother me.
All in all, a good read and fans of the series won't be disappointed.
August 31, 2015
With ETERNAL DAMNATION, this initial 30 DAYS OF NIGHT trilogy stumbles and collapses across the finish line. In other words, it gets the job done, but in the clumsiest way possible.
ETERNAL DAMNATION is a decent enough book in and of itself, but it fails as a satisfying capstone to a three-part series. As a general rule, the third part of a trilogy should largely consist of action and payoff, but this book offers surprisingly little of either. What it does offer is lots of filler, lots of introspection, and lots of rehashing events that took place previously in the series.
I find the absolute mediocrity of this book inexcusable, considering that the first two books provided adequate foundation for a rollicking conclusion. However, the authors inexplicably jettison everything the story seemed to be building toward, and instead focus on Stella and Eben's sudden defection to the dark side.
Book #2 promised us an epic vampire plot of global ramifications. What we actually got was a dozen vamps planning to take over a nursing home. These vamps are dispatched early on by Eben with all the difficulty of clipping a hangnail (Thank God for that handy-dandy super-strength that none of the other vampires seem to know about). Book #2 also attached a great deal of importance to the birth of the baby human/vampire hybrid. In Book #3, though, all the baby does is die--which is only significant in that his death spurs Stella to ally herself against mankind.
And that leads me to the thing I disliked most about this book. All the good guys from this series end up either dead or turned into bad guys. Stella and Eben's descent into evil feels like a last minute decision to give the book some much-needed kick, and it really isn't handled very convincingly. It's especially weird to see Eben piling up human corpses so soon after being outraged by his fellow vampires' disregard for human life. At least Stella is given a reason for becoming evil; Eben appears to just be going with the flow, as though he never really had a moral code of his own.
Generally speaking, I don't mind when authors corrupt or kill off important characters; I just ask that they do it in a way that adds weight to the story. The way it's done in ETERNAL DAMNATION serves no effective purpose other than to make the book needlessly depressing.
ETERNAL DAMNATION is a decent enough book in and of itself, but it fails as a satisfying capstone to a three-part series. As a general rule, the third part of a trilogy should largely consist of action and payoff, but this book offers surprisingly little of either. What it does offer is lots of filler, lots of introspection, and lots of rehashing events that took place previously in the series.
I find the absolute mediocrity of this book inexcusable, considering that the first two books provided adequate foundation for a rollicking conclusion. However, the authors inexplicably jettison everything the story seemed to be building toward, and instead focus on Stella and Eben's sudden defection to the dark side.
Book #2 promised us an epic vampire plot of global ramifications. What we actually got was a dozen vamps planning to take over a nursing home. These vamps are dispatched early on by Eben with all the difficulty of clipping a hangnail (Thank God for that handy-dandy super-strength that none of the other vampires seem to know about). Book #2 also attached a great deal of importance to the birth of the baby human/vampire hybrid. In Book #3, though, all the baby does is die--which is only significant in that his death spurs Stella to ally herself against mankind.
And that leads me to the thing I disliked most about this book. All the good guys from this series end up either dead or turned into bad guys. Stella and Eben's descent into evil feels like a last minute decision to give the book some much-needed kick, and it really isn't handled very convincingly. It's especially weird to see Eben piling up human corpses so soon after being outraged by his fellow vampires' disregard for human life. At least Stella is given a reason for becoming evil; Eben appears to just be going with the flow, as though he never really had a moral code of his own.
Generally speaking, I don't mind when authors corrupt or kill off important characters; I just ask that they do it in a way that adds weight to the story. The way it's done in ETERNAL DAMNATION serves no effective purpose other than to make the book needlessly depressing.
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June 16, 2023
Libro de transición, especialmente los primeros dos tercios de la novela, en los cuales los autores dan vueltas a una serie de historias que poco aportan a la trama general. Además, y sin saber por qué, varios de los personajes han ido diluyendo su historia y su participación hasta algo meramente anecdótico, y no acabo de entender el motivo.
Aunque sigue teniendo dinamismo y sigue siendo un 'pasapáginas', me ha dejado frío y sin muchas ganas de continuar con el siguiente libro.
Aunque sigue teniendo dinamismo y sigue siendo un 'pasapáginas', me ha dejado frío y sin muchas ganas de continuar con el siguiente libro.
July 12, 2019
You might like this book if you like supernatural firefights and feeling extremely gross.
January 7, 2010
i would guess that jeff marriotte does most of the actual writing within the book, based on previous steve niles publications like criminal macabre and dial m for monster. quick and easy, none of the connotations or metaphor i had expected traveling from the original storyline, and the eben and stella characters have degenerated into completely unlikeable and annoying parodies of their former selves.
March 13, 2009
I finally finished the book with mixed thoughts. It wasn't a bad story but it wasn't a fantastic story either. Eternal Damnation was a journey for Eben and Stella as well as the other characters. In this story, Eben and Stella come to terms with what they are and finally make peace. Some deaths shook their world and made them realize that even though they are vampires, they aren’t invincible.
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July 29, 2011Not bad, but more James Bond than anything resembling 'horror'--the main problem with vampire books nowadays, if you ask me...
September 21, 2011
awesome awesome i recommend it to everyone
July 31, 2012
Great insight into Stella and Eben trying to blend in... Recommending.
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