Now the Sabbat are about to crash their party.

The Clan Novel series takes a sinister turn as the dread Tzimisce emerge from their macabre dungeons and laboratories to take a decidedly unhealthy interest in events.

Amid the rising nightmare, charismatic Sascha Vykos -- an Old World monster with a New World agenda -- brings both scourge and velvet glove to rally the fractious Sabbat forces. A great reckoning awaits the complacent Camarilla -- if only Vykos can preserve the volatile alliance and keep the Sabbat serpent from devouring its own tail.

This series is a monumental, 13-novel exploration of the forbidden world of the Kindred. What began in Clan Novel: Toreador continues here, and its ending will determine the fate of every human -- and inhuman -- being in the world.

Warning: this is White Wolf / V:TM Vampire fiction... meant for afficianados of that genre. Readers seeking non- less-niche-oriented vampire fiction are encouraged to seek out something amidst the broad spectrum of Ann Rice, Brian Lumley;s Necroscope, or P.N. Elrod's Jack Fleming stories. Fans of V:TS fiction, however, will find their expectations met and exceeded.


Two stars for the attempt... minus one for the delivery   May 8, 2001
 4 out of 8 found this review helpful

Though not as poorly written as the first book in the lamentable Clan Novel series, Tzimisce never rises about boring to ever reach the level of Bad. The sad part is that Tzimisce had such potential. The Tzimisce are a facinating clan constructed of dicotomy, yet the plastic characters in this novel never stretch beyond boring.

When reading this book I was hoping to be at LEAST horrified, if not engaged ir interested, but Eric Griffen committed the greatest crime and author can commit, he neither made me hate him nor love him... he merely bored me.


Cruel, surprising and well thought   November 5, 1999
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

I have only read up to the Setite clan book and honestly I still think this book is the best, maybe by a small margin but the cruelty displayed by the clan and the way it functions gives you a live feeling for the clan. Sadly the book is short but hey the series is a long one.


Tzimisce are NASTY!   June 13, 2004
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Eric Griffin should be commended. As a writer, he did the best thing possible, which was to tell an engaging story with some interesting characters. Seeing that this is the second book of a thirteen book series, there was again, as in the first Clan Novel, a great deal of necessary set-up for the meta-plot. However, Griffin, gave the main character, Sascha Vykos, a powerful purpose and made it one of the most disturbing and hideous creations in horror literature. The Tzimisce are one nasty clan of vampires! The infighting between the two Sabbat clans was also quite fascinating to read. I'll be interested in seeing what happens in CN:Lasombra.

Excellent characterization, easy reading and overtly disturbing, Clan Novel #2 - Tzimisce, is a very good read and highly recommended!


Entertaining, suspenseful, and funny as hell!   June 12, 1999
 2 out of 4 found this review helpful

This is the first of the Clan Novel series I read, and at first I wasnt sure if I was going to like it or not. All my doubts desolved mere moments after I began reading it. The characters are most entertaining, and they seemed to be good examples of the clans and/or factions they represented of the many there were. She was an exelent example of the Tzimisce mind-set (except for her political manuverings). She actually made me sick to my stomach at one point, which is NOT something that happens to me (I watch shows on Canabalism, gore movies, and the like over dinner frequently). All in all, the only things that dissapointed me were the ending (to an extent, anyway) and the fact that the series will be contenued by different authors (something that has ruined many a good series of books). But dispite it all, I would highly recomend this book, to any who are in to the World Of Darkness role playing games, or anyone who would be interested in a story which involves it. One thing, though, is that the author assumes that the reader will have at least a minimal understanding of the World Of Darkness, and he only offers minimal explainations of the different clans, factions, and powers (disciplines) of the Kindred; Not to say that you couldnt follow the plot without said knoledge, just that it would help to know something before you read it