27 January 2011

Review: The Greyfriar by Clay & Susan Griffith


The Greyfriar is one of those books that I find good, but  it will not become a personal favorite. The spouses Susan and Clay Griffith launch the promising steampunk vampire series The Vampire Empire.

The year is 2020. Humanity, pushed to the equator area by the vampire invasion 150 years ago, is preparing for a reconquista of Europe. The hope for a united attack on vampires is based on the political marriage between the next heiress to the Equatorian Empire and an U.S. senator. When the airship of Princess Adele is attacked by a large vampire clan, and she gets separated from his guards, the hope of the people dies.

On the horizon, however, appears the heroic figure of Greyfriar - the mysterious defender of the humans, who leads a guerrilla war inside the Vampire Empire. As you can guess, Greyfirar saves Adele and both of them fall into adventures and romance.