Area 51: Nosferatu

his was my first book by Robert Doherty. Afterwards I understood that this book was just one of the series of Area 51. Fortunally it could be read as stand-alone... Well I enjoyed the book but it didn't make me want to order other books. If I found it on a store I would buy it but not order it. This......more

Having enjoyed various books of Robert Doherty's Area 51 series, I was thrilled to learn that he wrote series of prequel books set in that same world. Area 51: Nosferatu is the first of that prequel series, and I have to admit that Doherty really surprised me with the subject matter: vampires. At fi......more

The author plays around with the infamous Ancient Aliens explanation for all things supernatural in this installment of the series. I found it to be kind of a slog, both because of the writing style, and because I found it very hard to care about either of the two main Undead characters, both of who......more

Compared to the rest of the series, this book was lackluster at best. None of the previous characters made an appearance. 75% of the book was focused on what happened in the past, and none of it had much to do with the main storyline of the series. All of the action took place in the last 5% of the......more

I expected a bit more silliness from something called Area 51: Nosferatu, but what I got was alien vampires pulling Forest Gump antics through history. I'm not being entirely fair to this book given that I've skipped the previous installments in this series, but, since this is mainly a prequel, I di......more