The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
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A chilling historical horror set in the American west in 1912 following a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. Perfect for fans of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab and Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice.
Etsy Beaucarne is an academic, who needs to get published. So when a journal, written in 1912 by a Arthur Beaucarne, a Lutheran pastor and her grandfather, is discovered within a wall during renovations, she sees her chance. She can uncover the lost secrets of her family, and get tenure.
As she researches, she comes to learn of her grandfather, and a Blackfeet called Good Stab, who came to Arthur to share the story of his extraordinary life. She discovers the journals detail a slow massacre, a chain of events charting the history of Montana state as it formed. A cycle of violence that leads all the way back to 217 Blackfeet murdered in the snow.
A blood-soaked and unflinching saga of the violence of colonial America, a revenge story like no other, and the chilling reinvention of vampire lore from the master of horror.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Titan Books (29 April 2025) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 448 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1835414303 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1835414309 |
| Dimensions | 15.3 x 7 x 23.4 cm |
by Zuly
I have so much to say about this novel but I will keep it short.
This story was horrifying, creepy, gruesome and sad from beginning to end.
I couldn’t stop crying after Goodstabs last confession, I was just so exhausted of his struggles, his pain, his fight. But he kept on fighting.
Incredible read but not for the faint of heart. The symbolism is this story is limitless and although tragic, has engraved itself into my heart.
by GJP
Excellent prose but believe the target reader demographic might be teens who regularly skip science class. Suspend disbelief (no really!) and you’re left with a fairly good Western.
by Kent Benton
That came from left field. Enjoyed! Well, the text box says I need 14 more words. Now, only four, done.
by Demoncleaner
Very good historical fiction/horror. It can be challenging to read at times, but well worth it. One aspect of the book reminded me of a detail from my favorite “vampire” novel: The Fifth House of the Heart.
by Hazard Area
Stephen Graham Jones is one of, perhaps the greatest, American writer of literature. He’s in the same class as Herman Melville, Louise Erdrich, Anthony Doerr, George Saunders, Percival Everett, Toni Morrison, James Welch, Dan Chaon, Daryl Gregory, and Tommy Orange. He seems incapable of writing even one sentence that doesn’t ring true and beautiful. He masters the perspective of a man, a woman, an elder, or a child with facile authenticity. All his works are delicious, even his Acknowledgements. He is capable of the most romantic sentiments and the most believable dialogue. He can break your heart. He can scare the pants off you. I treasured every word of this novel, just as I did All the Beautiful Sinners, which was as intricately plotted. I tried to read this one slowly to make it last, but it was so damn good, I had a hard time slowing down. I’m reading it again just to savor the precious words. “The pipe is empty” and “I listen with a good heart.” This is Pulitzer Prize material, a brilliant chronical of American history.