V Wars: The Clone Wars, Volume 2

Helmut Lichtenegger: Die V- Wars haben begonnen, der interessierte Leser erfährt, wo die erste Infektionen stattfanden, welche Monster als erste anfingen, die Beats abzuschlachten und der erste V-War begann.

Germany on Apr 15, 2022

Samantha: Cannot wait for the TV show starting in 2019 with Ian Somerhalder as Dr Swann

United Kingdom on Aug 26, 2018

Pipeline©: Wow! Jonathan Mayberry has put together a great collection of stories here by well known authors. Not only that, they all flow as if it were one story by one author. A fantastic collection that I'd recommend to anyone.

On a side note, I chose to read this after reading all the current Joe Ledger novels Mr. Mayberry has published to date just to see how his writing is in another genre. Suffice to say, I feel I'll be reading his entire catalogue.

United States on Feb 05, 2016

Bex: When you think of a collection of short stories you might assume that V-Wars would fit into the typical layout - lots of standalone tales all with a similar theme. In this case V-Wars actually isn't following the typical format; I much preferred this. In essence we have a pretty normal book with one plot in the same world split into chapters told by various different authors. I really liked this idea and although sections are told by different authors it ties in really well and you don't notice massive jumps in the narrative.

We're thrown into a pre-vampiric world initially whereby people are becoming infected for no apparent reason. The interesting thing about this novel compared to other vampire novels is that it has a kind of genetic twist to it which keeps you hooked for quite some time. Essentially, vampirism is considered a virus which targets certain humans with recessive "Junk-DNA" which predisposes them to catching the virus. As the virus becomes more embedded in the host, physiological and phsycological changes begin to happen. The first half of this book looks at this pretty much in its entirety through a number of different humans who have been...

United Kingdom on Nov 09, 2015

spider queen: I've been reading vampire fiction for over 50 years. This is the most innovative new approach I've ever seen.

In addition, most of the multi-author collections I've read, in pretty much any genre, are very uneven. This one's top-notch, all the way through.

For anyone who's done to the ears with romantic vampires (WTH did THAT happen?), this one's highly recommended.

Canada on Sep 07, 2015

J E Gurley: besides the fact that it's edited by Jonathan Maberry, V-Wars has stories by some of my favorite authors. Each one has a new perspective on vampires from the sublime to the truly bizarre. The overall concept of a virus that triggers latent DNA in some humans moves the story in new directions. Each writer adds a new voice to the mixture. Some stories are sad, some chilling. It beats the usual dark-caped Count or cute teen loser vampire all to hell and back.

United States on Apr 11, 2014

Daniel Burton: V Wars, edited by Jonathan Maberry, is a collection of stories set in the same world but written by a bevy of talented authors.

In the world Maberry creates in V Wars, a prehistoric virus has been released from polar ice, awakening recessive genes in the human genome. The virus triggers changes in some humans, awakening physical changes that are varied and dramatic. Before long, vampires walk among us. Some are benign; many are not.

Maberry's collection of tales does well and more credibly what X-Men (at least the movies--I'm not familiar with the comics) tries to do: it portrays a genetic mutation that changes a portion of humanity, causing ostracization, fear, violence, and, of course, government action. I've always been dubious about what the reaction to the X-Men. After all, the powers they have seem to be magical and useful. On the other hand, the mutations in V Wars result in a change that seems to drive its mutants to, well, suck blood.

That seems a bit more against the public interest than the power to start fires, freeze objects, levitate, or any of the other number of changes that Stan Lee's X-Men undergo.

Maberry does an...

United States on Jan 14, 2014

KMan: This book was not really a war, but really, a story that lurched forwards and backwards in time till the end when really, a few battles took place.

As I read the book, I kept thinking...why all the different authors writing this jumbled up book. I mean the book as a whole was a good read, but really should have been about 8 books written on each character.

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When you read each character, most of their stories are not connected at all except that their vampires. Even a werewolf is called a vampire. The story lurches into a disjointed series of individual stories by different authors that left me having to reread a few pages back after I took a break reading.

All in all, this should have been called, the V incident, because really the war only began about with 10% of the book left.
This book should have been written by 1 author, then a second book, writing another, etc. I feel like the owner of the book or the publisher short changed themselves because there could have been a whole set of books...

United States on Dec 18, 2012

Dead, Buried, and Back!: What do you get when you take an anthology with a story line using a "shared world" concept overrun with vampires,several highly talented authors, backed by the creative mind of Jonathan Maberry? Wait, before you answer that,add a government who's just labeled all vampires as terrorists. Now you have V-Wars!

From the beginning,this story is told through the eyes of multiple characters in different parts of the world. Did I mention most of them are vampires? What's unique about this without giving away any spoilers, are their transformations. What's causing these transformations you ask? For that we turn to Antarctica and a dormant virus which has just been set free from the ice which then affects our junk DNA.

Turning the proverbial page, this anthology from the word go, got right to the heart of the matter focusing on the darker or should I say more frightening aspect of the vampire lore. This was one of the most refreshing concepts of the story.(No glitzy anything!) There are different types of vampires evolving, and each one is based on the individual's heritage.

The story moves at a good pace and while it does change perspectives, it's...

United States on Aug 20, 2012