Habeas Corpses, William Mark Simmons
Habeas Corpses, William Mark Simmons
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Habeas Corpses

Author: William Mark Simmons

Narrator: Wayne Mitchell

Unabridged: 14 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/16/2020


Synopsis

Two years ago Christopher Cséjthe survived a blood transfusion with a vampire only to discover that he was infected with one of the two viruses that transform the living into the undead. Since then he has survived by his wits as men, monsters, and government agencies have hunted him for the secrets his mutated blood may hold. His personal life is almost as troublesome as the assassins that turning up in ever increasing numbers: his bodyguard is a sexy vampire, his jealous werewolf lover can't abide his touch after a silver bullet poisons his blood, and the ghost of his dead wife is still hanging around, offering odd bits of advice. The "neighbors" from the cemetery next door tend to drop by every night and someone is sending him grotesque messages in the form of dismembered body parts that are still alive!

Being almost undead has provided a coffin-load of challenges, blending humor and horror in his two previous outings, One Foot in the Grave and Dead On My Feet. This time around an assassin's bullet knocks Cséjthe out of his body and into the afterlife as he journeys through the realm of the truly dead before a final showdown with an evil spawned in Nazi Germany. An evil kept alive through genetic manipulation and nanotechnology and waiting only for Cséjthe's blood to overcome the last hurdle to immortality!

Contains mature themes.

About William Mark Simmons

Before he turned his attention to science fiction, Wm. Mark Simmons was winning awards for his writing, first as a newspaper journalist and later as a broadcast copywriter. His first book was a finalist for the Compton Crook Award and made the Locus Best List in 1991. William is the morning voice for Radio Kansas and can be heard throughout half of the Sunflower State.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Beth

Interesting. The hero is a bit of a Mary Sue - but the metaphysical arguments are interesting. Getting really tired of Scrap/T though -- no idea why he saved her.......more

Goodreads review by Julien

Fun read.......more

Goodreads review by Alex

Another masterpiece. Simmons is an expert at setting up a book that looks like it's headed in one direction (Chris has to deal with the challenges of leading New York's vampire coven), and then veers into something completely different (a psychedelic, life-after-death assault on a Nazi stronghold in......more