The Last Vampire

by T.M. Wright

Book Overview

Under the spell of the charismatic Regina Watson, Elmo Land falls into the nightmare world of the undead. All he has left is hunger and a grim existence feeding from the larder of the living. Then... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843949392
• ISBN13: 9780843949391
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Incredible Achievement

Just when you thought all the vampire stories have been told and there is no longer any original work to be done in the genre, along comes T.M. Wright to prove you wrong. This a wonderfully dark story with fascinating characters you care about. T.M.'s emphasis is on atmosphere and less on graphic violence and gore (although he has that, too). This author writes for an intelligent audience by not spelling out everything for the reader. You have to read between the lines in many scenes. I became swept up in this novel and finished it in 2 days. If you are tired of the same old vampire story, give this breath of fresh air a try. You won't be disappointed.

Treat yourself and read this!

I agree with all the other reviews posted here. Wright deserves a huge audience and maybe these Leisure reprints will give it to him. If you want non-stop violence look elsewhere, but if you want real-as-life characters, unpridictable plotting, and a truly dark take on life in general, try this book and Wright's other works.

A bizarre and wild ride through a vampire's life

The Last Vampire chronicles the life of Elmo Land, the last vampire living at the actual end of times. His story begins in the twenties when he becomes the victim of a neighborhood woman who happens to be a vampire. His story is a rather unique one. He tells his angst-ridden tale that somehow seems much fresher than most of the horror novels out there. He is neither fancy nor debonair but a very real character dealing with an insatiable hunger. Elmo tells the story of cowboy vampires and his journey as an undead killer. Its a great tale that never disappoints. Its funny, its frightening and most of all, its an odd story full of interesting characters. Great

A Unique Vampire Tale

Don't believe you've read this story before. It hasn't been written by Anne Rice, or Stephen King, or anyone else but Wright himself. Sure, it has the angst-filled vampire, Elmo Land, but he's got great reason to feel angst--he's becoming human again, and is also literally falling apart. He's becoming human because he's become unnecessary--supplanted by the evil of a third world war. There's LOTS more to this novel than that. The characterizations are wonderful and the story itself crackles with humor and negative energy. Read it.

"What an Odd Little Story!"

At just 275 pages it took me only a day to read The Last Vampire by T. M. Wright, but what a curious and wonderful read! From Elmo Land's first few appearances in the opening prologue, I was taken with his rather enigmatic patterns of speech. The year is 2047; most communication between people is done via email; there is very little physical interaction anymore. The reader meets someone named Harpo, who although living in a rather large house with 27 other people, spends most of his time in his own small, square room that "contains no uncovered windows." Harpo uses his Book, which I think is probably a laptop computer, for everything from telling him when his day should begin to emailing his housemates. Elmo Land is a vampire who appears, in a manner of speaking, to Harpo and asks to use Harpo's Book to record his story as a vampire. Then Elmo's story begins to unfold; and as I read it, I found myself rooted in my chair, turning page after page, all else around me forgotten. When Elmo begins to repeat himself practically word for word, I thought at first I'd misread or the editors had goofed up; but then as he did it more and more I realized something strange and bizarre and detrimental was obviously happening to him, but I couldn't figure out what. The ending took me by surprise, and yet seemed appropriate. Upon finishing the book my verbal comment to the empty room around me was, "What an odd little story!" and proceeded to read through the prologue again to perhaps better grasp its depiction of Elmo Land, at THAT point in time. One of the criteria I have for giving a book 5 stars is, if even knowing the ending, I intend to read it again. T. M. Wright's The Last Vampire satisfies all my 5 star criteria; and as a matter of fact, I intend to begin reading it again tonight!