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| Clan Novel: Brujah (Vampire: The Masquerade) | 
 enlarge | Author: Gerbod Fleming
Publisher: White Wolf Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 713012
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 278
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 3.9 x 1
ISBN: 1565048253
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
UPC: 099379111103
EAN: 9781565048256
ASIN: 1565048253
Publication Date: May 30, 2000
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 Turn About Is Fair Play December 21, 2004
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
In a sanctioned series like this the reader knows that it is only a matter fo time before the Camarilla start to fight back. After all, it wouldn't do to wipe out half the point behind a popular game. And it should no surprise that the Brujah turn up on the front lines of the battle. Archon Theo Bell is an example of what is good about the Brujah clan traits. He is tough, intelligent, subtle when he needs to be, and capable of shocking violence when that is the best solution.
Back against the wall, the prince of the city dead, Baltimore looks pretty much like Sabbat meat. If nothing is done, the Camarilla will lose the east coast entirely. To Bell falls the responsibility for organizing a campaign that will snatch a surprise victory from the fangs of defeat. And he is an expert at his job.
If the Giovanni novel was a vampire version of a mobster novel, Brujah is the war story of the series. Archon Bell must deal with mysterious killings, recalcitrant Justicars, and a host of vampires that would love to see him dead. Betrayal and hidden agendas are the rules of the conflict as one side tries to out-bite the other. As the intensity grows, the action shifts to Manhattan for a series of surprises. Be warned, things get VERY violent.
Arguable, this is Fleming's best book of the series. He's past the point of having to provide collateral details and has focused head down on the story. The result is a tight narrative in a most untypical vampire story. As with Giovanni, the only problem is that is can't be read out of order without giving things away too early. Yes, this sells books, but I would like to see more effort in creating novels that sold the idea of the game better.
 worth reading cover to cover October 17, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I admit that out of the novel this was the first one that i picked up and read. good place to start at huh? I probably should have started at the beginning of the series but, surprisingly enough i wasn't too confused in this novel, without having read the preceeding events that had lead up to it. I liked the author to this book also, more so than the other i have since read. He characterizes the Brujah in the story very well, and even though they are not my favorite clan, this is my favorite novel to the series. But i don't suggest for anyone to just pick up any novel and start, and because otherwise you will just get confused. I know when i started the malkvavian novel, and the lasombra novel out of nowhere i was quickly regretting not having started at the beginning of the series.
Excellent read April 7, 2001
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Gherbod Fleming's Clan Novels are among the best in the series. This is the way they should be written. It felt like it was telling the story of a Brujah, rather than the story of a stereotypical Brujah. Would not recommend the book to anyone who has no experience with White Wolf's World of Darkness... unless of course you were willing to read the Clan Novel series (a fairly good introduction to the gaming universe). I'd also recommend reading The Masquerade of the Red Death trilogy, which is probably an easier introduction to the World of Darkness.
Now this was a great story October 16, 2000
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book hooked me right from the start. It had great action with enough discription to put you there, but no to much to drag the story down. It also had some good cloak and dagger guessing and reguessing as facts continued to become clear. But over all it was a fast paced ride that never let me down.Also this book while dealing with other plots from the other books, keeps them in small quantity, and really packs the story from the Brujah stand point. I had to delete several more things I was going to say as I hate to do spoilers and ruin stuff for others. So please forgive the shortness... 3 more paragraphs had details better left read from an author that paints a scene I would have butchered trying to retell. I would have to say that this was one of my favorite in the series, and would have to say that no matter what you thought of the other books, you will like this one.
Loved it!!! October 1, 2000
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I read this in about 4 hours all together and then read it agian, slower. Despite some forgivable mistakes, like calling Theo and Gainesmill Malkavians in a paragraph, though they are Brujah, this book is almost certainly the best fantasy i've read in a long time. I will be deffinately getting more books from the clan novel series, as this was my first one. I picked this oen because i've always had a passion for knowing more about the former promethian-turned-rebel Brujah and i was NOT dissapointed. It is also filled with wonderfully deatiled fighting seens, but i would sort of be called a gore-fan so i may be almost alone in my love for the descriptive killing. I learned of a new type of Shotgun and cartridge that i diden't know about and i got wonderful ideas for my own stories, which i post on the internet. All in all, this book is great for anyone above 11, who can appreciate sitting down for an hour or two and reading something superbly written
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