Vampire Gehenna: Final Night (Vampire the Masquerade)
by Ari Marmell
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Author: Ari MarmellEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-01-14
ISBN: 1588468550
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: White Wolf Publishing
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Book Review: Very well written
Summary: 5 Stars
First things first, this is my first exposure to Vampire: the Masquerade (VtM), so if you don't want a noob's opinion skip this review. On the other hand I've been reading fantasy for about 15 years; I just happened to see this particular book in a used book store and grabbed it. In a way I'm sorry since it's basically the beginning of a re-birth of the VtM world, and I never experienced that world before this (plus now I know the fate of many characters whom I suspect are regulars in the world).
At any rate, this book was surprisingly well written. I'm a bit of a snob when it comes to bad writing, but Marmell was able to weave a tale that kept me truly interested. The main character (Beckett) was a sort of morally grey character that I genuinely liked. None of the characters were over the top, the dialogue flowed, I was never left wondering what in the nine hells the author was talking about - in short, this book avoided all of the major problems I've run into in other similar books. The plot was fast-paced and jumped around a lot, but the layout of the book made it fluid and easy to follow.
All in all I really enjoyed this book and can't think of anything bad to say about it (which is in itself a testament to its quality). I simply wish I had read some other stuff in the VtM world first.
*EDIT*
Almost 3 years later to the day I just finished re-reading this book after having read all 13 clan novels, the Red Death trilogy, the Grail trilogy and the Blood Curse trilogy. I feel now that Ari is either tied with Fleming as the most talented writer in the V:tM world, or even slightly better. Another reviewer was correct to point out that Gehenna is waaaay too big a topic to tackle in a single book, but Ari did a stand-up job, even weaving in several sub-plots that enhanced rather than detracted from the main story.
My impression of the V:tM novels overall is that World of Darkness doesn't particularly care about this arm of its products, as most of the books are mediocre to poor; I'm thinking particularly about the Tremere clan novel and the Red Death trilogy, but probably more than half of the clan novels were a disjointed mess. This author should be given far more assignments in the new RPG novel world, if they bother to expand it beyond the few novels that currently exist.
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