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For untold millennia, vampires have drained the blood of the living, but have remained apart from mortal conflicts as they stalked their prey, but there has never been such a time as this.

The First World War looms on the horizon. All Europe teeters on the edge and while the inciting incident is beyond anyone’s ability to predict, a war that would tear the West apart is inevitable, and not even the undead will be permitted to stand aside.

In Traveling with the Dead, readers revisit the husband and wife team of James and Lydia Asher, reluctant investigators of the uncanny and supernatural. A year has passed since they made their deal with the devil and were permitted to walk away reasonably unscathed, having unraveled the mystery related in Those who Hunt the Night, but now the deeper threat merely glimpsed in the prior novel comes to the forefront: the crowned heads of Europe are beginning a supernatural arms race in preparation for the Great War, and Austro-Hungary is ahead of the game, their agents having secured the alliance of an English vampire.

James Asher unwillingly takes up his duties as spy for the Crown to prevent the Austro-Hungarians making common cause with the undead, but he is walking into more danger than he realizes.

Lydia must set out to warn him, but she will need the help of one vampire she’d hoped never to see again: the Sixteenth Century Spanish hidalgo, Don Simon Ysidro.

Ysidro, who had retained James’ and Lydia’s services in Those who Hunt the Night and who could have eliminated them afterward to be rid of loose ends. A subtle and deadly hunter, terrifying, ruthless and seductive, yet bound by a code of honor to which he holds fast as his last tether to his lost humanity, as well as possessing a growing affection for the Ashers.

Ysidro is a character who easily deserves to be recognized above and beyond Lestat, and leagues past a certain sparkly specimen who shall remain nameless. The reader almost begins to like him, then realizes this too is part of his deadly charm and a weapon in his predator’s arsenal, as seen when he entrances and enslaves a naïve girl with romantic fantasies implanted in her vulnerable mind.

Readers who have rolled their eyes at the plotline of the Twilight books will notice some similarities between this character and Bella Swan, who likewise has her mind filled up with fantasies of eternal romance, but in this case, the character serves only as Ysidro's companion and sustenance while traveling.

Historical fantasy, thriller and espionage novel, the adventure will take the pragmatic Lydia and reserved but resourceful James across eastern Europe, to the tangled streets of pre-World War Vienna, and to the decadent and deadly intrigues of a vampire’s court in Constantinople.

Highly recommended and a hidden gem of fiction and exceeding Anne Rice’s intriguing but long-winded tomes. Hambly brings the past to life in lush detail while keeping readers on their toes with danger, intrigue and a breakneck pace. Her love of history shines through again and the reader can gain some reluctant sympathy for the undead, in many ways exiles from their own time as the centuries have passed, by recreating a time set in a world that is about to change and give birth to the modern age.

Particularly good is the vulnerability and limitations of the two mortal protagonists, who ground the narrative as they play their role in a fantastic and macabre world, and who recognize some remnant of humanity even in the horrifying blood-drinking inhabitants.

I eagerly anticipate following their further adventures. Here’s hoping someone thinks to put these books to film and gives them the treatment they deserve.


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Traveling with the Dead Barbara Hambly 9780345407405 Books Reviews

This second novel in the James Asher series builds on the excellence of the first book. We know that James is a competent spy but it is so great to see Lydia's intelligence and strength of character come to the fore. Hambly gives us a novel of suspense and mystery; courage and resourcefulness in the face of terrifying odds, and undead characters with all too human foibles and weaknesses. And Ysidro is his usual deadly, tragic self. Hambly does not glamourise her vampire characters, but for some the terror is manageable.
Well I have finished the James Asher series or at least the books that have been written. The series consists of 3 books ( books) Those Who Hunt the Night A James Asher Novel -Traveling with the Dead A James Asher Novel - and published after a 14 year wait Blood Maidens (James Asher) . While it was somewhat epic in nature it was a cross between UF and Horror with a bit of unrequited love thrown in to make it just a bit more sad. I can't recommend them for everyone because they are long detailed and compared to our usual PNR they would be boring to most, BUT I learned most of my adult reading skills with fantasy of the Lord of the Rings type which are long, detailed and boring in comparison. Holding these books up in that light makes them excellent reading for those with the patience to read in the setting of 1900-1910 mystery and while I won't sit up nights waiting to see if she writes another one I can say I feel that these were an awesome achievement of writing for those of us willing to give the time and effort (and it was effort) to read them. I hope she writes another but the ending of Blood Maidens was left in such a place that it can be final or not. As a PNR/UF reader they probably would only be 3 Stars at best but as a long time reader of trilogies in fantasy and stories stretched out over several volumes they were 4+ Stars and close to 5. I really thought I would be glad to be finished but the last half of Blood Maidens was written in such a way as to make you sad to end it there, so depending on your tastes these books could be a golden opportunity or a exercise in boring, I found them at the end to be exceptional. I do hope for at least 1 more addition to this series to give Don Simon who is such a tragic figure as this series progresses some chance for redemption and happiness.
Many years ago I read the first book in this series and loved it. At the time there wasn't a second and I was on to other books and forgot all about it not even knowing there would be more. I have read other books by Hambly before and loved them too so when I stumbled across this amore in this series I was really excited to start reading it. I was really disappointed at first because It wasn't living up to the first, at least as I had remembered it but I stuck with it thank God because it was really good after awhile and kept me up reading g longer than I planned. I do love her writing style, It's so descriptive and she really has a way of putting words down that make you feel like you are right there and can see what she is writing about right before your eyes. Halos like these books because these are the kind of vampires I grew up reading about, killers all but something luring about them too. I do admit I love me one of the newer vamp romances if it's well done... a guilty pleasure I admit but I love coming back to the traditional vampire stories, more along the lines of Dracula or even of Interview with a vampire by Anne Rice (I loved her books!) So I'm really glad I happened upon this book and the others after it. I did enjoy it after a few chapters and honestly if I had re-read the first book I may not have had such a hard time getting into it as I did. So yes I recommend this book if you like the more traditional type of vampire along with a really well developed and interesting, and fast paced for the most part, stories. I will be reading the next book in the near future too. I would have given it five stars if it weren't so slow to really get good.
For untold millennia, vampires have drained the blood of the living, but have remained apart from mortal conflicts as they stalked their prey, but there has never been such a time as this.

The First World War looms on the horizon. All Europe teeters on the edge and while the inciting incident is beyond anyone’s ability to predict, a war that would tear the West apart is inevitable, and not even the undead will be permitted to stand aside.

In Traveling with the Dead, readers revisit the husband and wife team of James and Lydia Asher, reluctant investigators of the uncanny and supernatural. A year has passed since they made their deal with the devil and were permitted to walk away reasonably unscathed, having unraveled the mystery related in Those who Hunt the Night, but now the deeper threat merely glimpsed in the prior novel comes to the forefront the crowned heads of Europe are beginning a supernatural arms race in preparation for the Great War, and Austro-Hungary is ahead of the game, their agents having secured the alliance of an English vampire.

James Asher unwillingly takes up his duties as spy for the Crown to prevent the Austro-Hungarians making common cause with the undead, but he is walking into more danger than he realizes.

Lydia must set out to warn him, but she will need the help of one vampire she’d hoped never to see again the Sixteenth Century Spanish hidalgo, Don Simon Ysidro.

Ysidro, who had retained James’ and Lydia’s services in Those who Hunt the Night and who could have eliminated them afterward to be rid of loose ends. A subtle and deadly hunter, terrifying, ruthless and seductive, yet bound by a code of honor to which he holds fast as his last tether to his lost humanity, as well as possessing a growing affection for the Ashers.

Ysidro is a character who easily deserves to be recognized above and beyond Lestat, and leagues past a certain sparkly specimen who shall remain nameless. The reader almost begins to like him, then realizes this too is part of his deadly charm and a weapon in his predator’s arsenal, as seen when he entrances and enslaves a naïve girl with romantic fantasies implanted in her vulnerable mind.

Readers who have rolled their eyes at the plotline of the Twilight books will notice some similarities between this character and Bella Swan, who likewise has her mind filled up with fantasies of eternal romance, but in this case, the character serves only as Ysidro's companion and sustenance while traveling.

Historical fantasy, thriller and espionage novel, the adventure will take the pragmatic Lydia and reserved but resourceful James across eastern Europe, to the tangled streets of pre-World War Vienna, and to the decadent and deadly intrigues of a vampire’s court in Constantinople.

Highly recommended and a hidden gem of fiction and exceeding Anne Rice’s intriguing but long-winded tomes. Hambly brings the past to life in lush detail while keeping readers on their toes with danger, intrigue and a breakneck pace. Her love of history shines through again and the reader can gain some reluctant sympathy for the undead, in many ways exiles from their own time as the centuries have passed, by recreating a time set in a world that is about to change and give birth to the modern age.

Particularly good is the vulnerability and limitations of the two mortal protagonists, who ground the narrative as they play their role in a fantastic and macabre world, and who recognize some remnant of humanity even in the horrifying blood-drinking inhabitants.

I eagerly anticipate following their further adventures. Here’s hoping someone thinks to put these books to film and gives them the treatment they deserve.