I Travel by Night (I Travel by Night #1) by Robert R. McCammon

For Lawson, the horrors that stalked the Civil War battlefield at Shiloh were more than just those of war. After being forcibly given the gift of undeath by the mysterious vampire queen LaRouge, Lawson chose to cling to what remained of his humanity and fought his way free of the Dark Society’s clutches. In the decades since, he has roamed late nineteenth-century America, doing what good he can as he travels by night, combating evils mundane and supernatural, and always seeking the key to regaining a mortal life.

That key lies with his maker, and now Lawson hopes to find LaRouge at the heart of a Louisiana swamp with the aid of a haunted priest and an unexpected ally. In the tornado-wracked ghost town of Nocturne, Lawson must face down monstrous enemies, the rising sun, and his own nature. Readers will not want to miss this thrilling new dark novella from a master storyteller.




Peril the First:

Read four books, any length, that you feel fit (our very broad definitions) of R.I.P. literature. It could be Stephen King or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Shirley Jackson or Tananarive Due…or anyone in between.

1. Charnel House by Fred Anderson
2. Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons
3. I Travel by Night (I Travel by Night #1) by Robert R. McCammon

I really liked the new character that McCammon has created. But then McCammon has that gift, to make you love his characters, to make you fall in love with his characters. Trevor Lawson is no exception.

The book is short, yet I still was drawn into Lawson’s struggles. He has the struggle of fulfilling the job he’s been given, but also his continuing struggle against his vampire nature. He fears what he will ultimately become if he can’t track down the woman who gave him this curse and find some way of ridding himself of it.

I’m happy to see that there’s a sequel to Lawson’s story. I hope there are more.

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I forgot to add this to the two other books, so here they are.

1. Charnel House by Fred Anderson
2. Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons
3. I Travel by Night (I Travel by Night #1) by Robert R. McCammon




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