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| Ventrue: Clan Novel (Vampire: The Masquerade) | 
 enlarge | Author: Gherbod Fleming
Publisher: White Wolf Publishing
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Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 1565048059
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
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Publication Date: July 8, 1999
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 Setting Up The Middle Game December 18, 2004
6 out of 14 found this review helpful
The Ventrue are the politicians of the Camarilla. They can be glib, polite, and socially conscious, by never forget that down deep it is power, and the glory that attends it that draws them to the flame. Many have a considerable talent for this and have become the primogens and princes of vampire establishments. They are not, characteristically, experimenters or iconoclasts. They are committed to the laws of the Camarilla and the increase of their personal power. They are stodgy - so much so that even Fleming, who is a traditionally oriented writer, can't resist some humor at their expense.
Jan Pieterzoon is the novel's central character, come to Baltimore to help the Camarilla reeling form the attack of the Sabbat in Atlanta find a functional defense before US vampires fall into complete lawlessness. Powerful in his own right and scion of the Ventrue justicar Pieterzoon is best at keeping the panic within limits and keeping the Camarilla from dissolving.
He is balanced by Victoria Ash, Toreador, who will continue to play a major part in these novels. She is a vampire who uses her own seductiveness to control at a subtler level than Pieterzoon, who is a 'bottom line' sort of vampire. And lurking in the background is Colchester, a Nosferatu, and the character who persistently steal the show. Flemings characters are usually strong, and Clan Venture is no exception.
This is not a heavily plotted book. The focus is on the Camarilla's efforts to regroup after the Sabbat uprising and is more of a panarama of tidbits that move the larger picture along. Most of the action serves for character development and the setting of the themes to come, but there is nothing like a Camarilla turn around, and a great deal of breast beating by the losing side.
 Must Read April 8, 2000
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've read all the books in the series before this and this is the best one yet. At first I thought the series was going to be a waste, but this book gives it a chance. The Ventrue were done good and the Brujah were done better. Read this book.
More an extended chapter than a book May 29, 2000
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is more of a transitional interlude than a stand alone story. It shows results of things that happened in previous books and sets up things that will happen in later books. Specifically, it deals with the Camarilla trying to regroup and manage the refugee situation in Baltimore after the successful Sabbat seiges in Atlanta and D. C. They have a lot of meetings, discuss a lot of strategy, scheme and manipulate. It has a much more panoramic approach to its story than Fleming's other contribution to the series CLAN NOVEL: GANGREL. Although these proceedings are very well presented with a lot of fine, small details, it probably will not hold your interest well if you are not following the whole series. Unless, that is, you are really interested in watching the Ventrue at work. What saves the book and makes it more than a manditory exercise is Fleming's ability to develope his Ventrue characters and the intrigues involving them- much of it also involving the seductive Victoria Ash and Nosferatu who play all sides against each other. Although he's giving you the big picture of the Camarilla's situation, Fleming's lens is not so wide that the reader can't get involved in the dealings of two very important Ventrue. First there is the still all too human Camarilla star strategist, Jan Pieterzoon. (Jan's sire is Hardestadt, one of the Camarilla's legendary founders. He appears, too.) Then there is Garlotte, the smarmy Prince of Baltimore, a classic pompous Ventrue bully with a dysfunctional brood of childer apparently sired simply to feed his ego. And just so that virtuous Jan doesn't get to be too much of a white knight, Fleming does some horribly twisted things with the Ventue prey exclusion. As in GANGREL, Fleming also doesn't shrink from showing the more harsh realities of vampiric existence- whether it's the issues raised by feeding or the cruelties involved in the inforcement of the Masquerade. Even though the book may not have much of a plot on its own, the subplots are dark gems and really flesh out the Ventrue and the special responsibities they feel they carry.
getting better October 8, 1999
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Most people would consider Ventrue wimps as far as fighting goes. They would be wrong. Dominate,Fortitude,and Presence these three Disciplines(of Ventrue) could be used quite devastating in a fight. Someone should of told Gherbod that. Other than the Ventrue's apparent wimpiness I whould have to say this was the best book so far and my hopes for this series have returned. This book is what I expected from Gherbod(after reading the blood curse).ps was Gangrel a ghost author???
At this point the series has become really good. December 26, 1999
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Clan Ventrue was nicely done, not as awesome as the Setites but great none the less. I do agree with one of the other readers, the clan need to display some awe and dominance of their will. I think the best thing about the book is displaying how much the clan Toreador complicates the unlife of the clan Ventrue.
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