Vespers

By Jeff Rovin

Book Overview

A shocking & original thriller in the mold of Hitchcock & Stephen King. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312969937
• ISBN13: 9780312969936
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 1.0" x 4.5"

Customer Reviews

This is the best book I have ever read in my life!!!!!!!!!

This book is never boring, there is always something new happening when another ends, and it is not difficult to read at all. It is as if you become the characters in the book and everything that happens is so intense you can't help but continue to read. I am not a big reader and this book took me two days to read because it was so good I did not want to put it down. Trust me buy the book and you will not be sorry. The first chapter there is already two people who are murdered by these creatures and it done in great detail. Love the book!!!

Freaks Of Nature

The first bat attack in "Vespers" takes place after a baseball game. A father and son are mysteriously ambushed in a parking lot next to the woods where the swarm seems to have emerged. Dr. Nancy Joyce, a 29-year-old zoologist, is the prime investigator to determine why these typically docile bats attacked. She's later joined by Detective Robert Gentry, a 33-year-old NYPD veteran and charge of the Accident Investigations Squad.Several more bat attacks occur, each growing more violent, and all making a line towards New York City. However, some of the attacks don't seem to have been done by small bats, but a much bigger animal, possibly an abnormally large bat.Their investigation leads them to a radiation specialist who had unknowingly transported a pregnant bat in his luggage on his way back from Russia. The bat (which immediately escaped upon arrival in the U.S. and later died after giving birth) had been exposed to radiation which would explain why her children would be so enormous. The biggest concern now is how many of her offspring are alive.As the story progresses, Dr. Joyce and Detective Gentry pinpoint the two offspring--one female and one male, each protected by thousands of small bats. Apparently, the female is already pregnant and expecting to give birth soon. With the help of New York's best defenses, they set out to destroy these two bats before they have a chance to breed and further prey on humans."Vespers" is bloody in some parts, so if you're squeamish, I wouldn't recommend reading this one. Otherwise, fans of horror or bats (even though they don't necessarily win in the end) should pick this one up. It's well-written, fast-paced, and all-around entertaining. It's no wonder this book was considered to be made into a movie; it almost felt like I was watching a movie when I was reading it.If you're still hungry for more bat fiction, you might like "Nightwing" by Martin Cruz Smith.

VESPERS gives Giant Bat Monster Books a GREAT name!

To be honest, I wanted to read FATALIS but couldn't wait for it to be published. So I bought Vespers to familiarize myself with Mr. Rovin. WOW! I tore through this book faster than the bats tearing through their victims. A great summer read that'll keep you turning pages in excitement (and may even make you brush your hands through your hair a couple of times). Sure it's sci-fi and deals with giant monsters. But it's a FUN READ! Do yourself a favor and get this book!

A tense, believable horror-thriller

A wonderful combination of chills, science, fast but not hurried plotting, and believable, sympathetic characters with some of the best action, especially the finale, I've read in a long, long while. Looking forward to more from this author.

Excellent summer reading; Rovin is BACK!

As a fan of Rovin's non-fiction books about science-fiction (and the excellent Return of the Wolfman novel) I couldn't wait to read Vespers. I actually bumped into Mr. Rovin on line, and we chatted briefly. He was very gracious, and this book is GREAT! Take a 1950s monster movie (a la THEM) and throw in some 90s sensibility, and you have a new classic!Scary, fun and you cna already smell the popcorn for the movie version!