Land of the Dead: A Stoker's Wilde Novel
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Publisher Description
Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde unite once more to battle spirits and demons invading our world. Third book in the series. Grimdark Magazine called the first book an "addictive, clever and extremely fun horror adventure."
Book 3 in the Stoker's Wilde series!
Booklist on the first book in this series, Stoker's Wilde: "Pass this volume on to readers who are hungry for more historical stories with a supernatural frame."
Science and the supernatural collide in this terrifying tale of witches, reanimated corpses and spirits invading our world from beyond the grave.
Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde have returned to their lives in London after their adventures in the American West. Bram is managing a theatre and Oscar is rising to fame and planning his upcoming wedding when they are once again called upon to battle supernatural evil.
Grief-crazed scientist Victor Mueller needs Bram’s unusual blood for his mad quest to bring his dead wife back to life, and he’ll resort to kidnapping to get it. Meanwhile, a young medium named Lorna Bow runs fake séances in London under the thumb of an abusive uncle. When her mother Endora returns, Lorna learns the truth: they come from a long line of witches, and soon Endora has awakened Lorna’s dormant powers.
When the scientist and the witches combine forces, all Hell breaks loose. Long-dead souls find themselves back in the land of the living, and some of them have scores to settle with our heroes. But as Mueller’s ambition and her mother’s desire for vengeance against the men who imprisoned her become clear, Lorna soon finds herself questioning the morality of their work.
Bram and Oscar must team up with American secret agent Cora Chase to protect all they hold dear. Only a mission into the Land of the Dead can stop Mueller and Endora from bringing back more souls.
Bram’s wife Florence must call on the monster-fighting skills she honed in America, and even Oscar’s bride Constance has to face new challenges as she learns how the supernatural has shaped her own history.
In an adventure that spans continents – and even other worlds – they confront old enemies and unknown dangers. Teaming up with old friends Teddy Roosevelt and Richard Burton and new allies like Arthur Conan Doyle and Nicola Tesla, they too must harness both science and magic to protect our world from intruders from the Land of the Dead.
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Customer Reviews
OUTSTANDING
Just when things seem to be getting back to normal for Bram Stoker, it all falls apart. Henry Irving is still obsessed with trying to find the Realm before he looses all control and his vampirism becomes a danger not only to his existence but to all. Even though Richard Wilkins aka Black Bishop is dead, Dr. Victor Mueller is now in search of Bram’s blood. When White Worm Society agent Cora Chase presences her conclusion to the organization, Bram is requested to go to Finland as bait, to trap Mueller.
Bram calls on Oscar Wilde and lets him know of his departure for Finland in February. No matter of them always being at odds, Bram trusts Wilde to protect Florence and Noel while he’s gone. Wilde has a bad feeling about the White Worm Society plan. Of course, the White Worm Society along with the Director, Errol Hammond are duped by Mueller and Bram is kidnapped and his blood is taken. While in control of Mueller, Bram witnesses an unbelievable event. Even though Bram escapes Mueller’s clutches, the White Worm Society, still wants Mueller. Bram lets them know where to find Mueller’s lab, but he won’t return with them. All Bram asks is for his blood to be destroyed once it’s found. But the White Worm Society and current Director Errol Hammond leave the question, can they be trusted?
During this time, the Physical Society and Dr. Wesley Pryce have been looking into spiritualism and the ability to contact the dead. They’ve been shutting down seances, especially where there’s fraud and charlatans. One particular establishment has come to their attention run by Leonard Pith. With Pith coming to an end many of the girls suffered the consequences and were jailed. Lorna Bow was one of these girls and was saved by her mother, the witch Endora Bow. Dr. Mueller begins a plan to bring back some of the worst nemesis’ of Stoker and Wilde, with the help of Endora Bow. The threats and horror are once again real, but who will survive this gruesome horror?
“Land of the Dead” is the third, 19th century Victorian era, twisted paranormal novel in the “Stoker’s Wilde” series. I just can’t say this enough, how spectacular Steven Hopstaken and Melissa Pursi, are in bringing these terrifying and brilliantly written novels to the masses. Again, its fact/fiction all melded with returning characters: real, fictious, good and evil. The authors are outstanding at comparisons of characters and events such as: Dr. Victor Frankenstein and Dr. Mueller. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s the “Lost World” of 1912 and the movie version of 1960 and the expedition with White Worm Societies, Errol Hammonds son Andrew, and the search for the Realm in South America.
This one is especially good as the ladies of this series still are stars in the novel: Florence Stoker, Constance Lloyd Wilde, Lorna Bow, Ellen Terry and Lady Jane “Speranza” Wilde. Another character that was impressive was Agent Brent Blackwood, protector and hero.
Secrets and surprises will be revealed at every turn in this novel: Willie Wilde will tell his secret to his mother, Lady Jane. Will Oscar Wilde come clean with Constance Lloyd? What will happen when Oscar will have to face Derrick Pigeon one more time? There’s even a sad segment with Charlotte and Risto, what happens to them was not their fault. What will happen when Wilde and Bram along with all their allies attempt to take down the evilness of: Dr. Mueller, Reverend Richard Wilkins, Lord Wotton, Lord Sundry, Carolyn Le Fey and others that believe they are a supreme being. Who will they meet in their journey into the Realm? What has become of Henry Irving and will he ever find the peace he seeks? Will Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker ever becomes friends?
Once again, there is so much revealed through: journals, diaries, letters, activists notes, agent reports, memoirs and memos from all that participated in this fantastic journey. The authors took fictional characters and movies and literature and mixed it with historical people and historical facts and created a marvelous series worth reading.
I highly recommend the “Stoker’s Wilde” series, starting with “Stoker’s Wilde”, ‘Stoker’s Wilde West”, and “Land of the Dead”. Steven Hopstaken and Melissa Prusi will take readers on a Wilde, chaotic and twisted ride through the world of the paranormal, with suspense, danger, vampires, werewolves and evil men playing God. I am sorry that I didn’t read this series sooner and now that I have, it’s one of the best and I would read every novel again. I hope at some point Hopstaken and Prusi will publish another Stoker and Wilde adventure into the paranormal.
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