Unholy Night
Books | Fiction / Horror
3.7
Seth Grahame-Smith
From the author of the New York Times bestselling Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, comes Unholy Night, the next evolution in dark historical revisionism. They're an iconic part of history's most celebrated birth. But what do we really know about the Three Kings of the Nativity, besides the fact that they followed a star to Bethlehem bearing strange gifts? The Bible has little to say about this enigmatic trio. But leave it to Seth Grahame-Smith, the brilliant and twisted mind behind Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to take a little mystery, bend a little history, and weave an epic tale. In Grahame-Smith's telling, the so-called "Three Wise Men" are infamous thieves, led by the dark, murderous Balthazar. After a daring escape from Herod's prison, they stumble upon the famous manger and its newborn king. The last thing Balthazar needs is to be slowed down by young Joseph, Mary and their infant. But when Herod's men begin to slaughter the first born in Judea, he has no choice but to help them escape to Egypt. It's the beginning of an adventure that will see them fight the last magical creatures of the Old Testament; cross paths with biblical figures like Pontius Pilate and John the Baptist; and finally deliver them to Egypt. It may just be the greatest story never told.
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Author
Seth Grahame-Smith
Pages
320
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Published Date
2012-04-10
ISBN
1455511218 9781455511211
Ratings
Google: 3.5
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"Well I can't say I am surprised I didn't care for this book. It's Christmas and I just wanted something fun and interesting to read besides the big pile of Hallmark garbage that seems to be everywhere. And you betcha I'm going to be like everyone else and bring up Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. Why? Because it was well thought out and awesome. Not excatly what happened here.<br/><br/>In Unholy Night we follow Balthazar, who frankly does not have a strong enough motive to be looking for Gods child and whatever else he was doing. Honestly I was bored and might have forgot some things. The other two wise men could have been left out completely. All the characters were very shallow and forgetable.<br/><br/>Just check the trigger warnings before delving into this mess. It was very gory and way over the top in some aspects. That says a lot coming from me and the things I've read. Again Abraham Lincoln was very well thought out. Like if vampires exists I could believe it would have happened just so. Unholy Nights felt haphazardly thrown together. The plot was not believable and the characters motives even less so.<br/><br/>I guess we dont know exactly how Mary acted back in the day but the ditsy angle felt like she was a modern day teenager. Again not believable. Though I did see Mary and Joseph in a new light and it was things I never thought about before. That is also a bonus if an author can show me a new perspective. How likely it was to believe Mary just got knocked up and claim it was from God to save her own hide. And how fickle Joseph could have been. It shows just how easily these massive stories could be conjured up by a little white lie."
Ashley