Not your everyday vampire book. Victor,a roman soldier falls madly in love with Jesus, pre Christ. Jesus rejected any relationship but not for reasons you may think. To get even, Victor became a vampire in order to seduce and corrupt young men and thereby destroy the church. The book leaps ahead to the present where a monk, Brother Victor,enters a small monestary in rural Tenn. Here Victor begins his quest with lust, hate and Victor's twisted version of love. ( )

Ooo this book is naughty! It has a roman soldier/vampire in love (lust really, heavy lust, with heavy breathing and heavy hands) with Jesus Christ. And then he kills like everyone, blah blah blah. But I still didn't think it was all the good, to be honest, despite sounds OMG so awesome. ( )

A Roman soldier, frustrated after being rejected by Jesus, takes out his rage and frustration on the Jews and is forced into escaping punishment by becoming a vampire. Two thousand years later, he looks for a suitable "mate." Fun concept, but the delivery seems a bit muted; the sex lacked passion and I had zero sympathy for the narrator/main character. If it was a bit more campy, I'd have liked it better. ( )

OK, I wasn't expecting great literature, but it wasn't even good porn. This is another bookm like Dr. Mary's Monkey, that I picked up, read the back, and said to myself "this is too bad not to read!". Basically gay, christian vampire lit... ( )

I am not sure why I finished this book. Victor is one angry man/vampire. He is always angry and I was shocked that Michael had feelings for him. I presume, because I am trying to make sense of it all, that Victor's anger represents the repression felt by gay men, certainly gay men of faith, and represents anger toward strict Catholicism. Victor eats or rapes everyone he encounters. He is a pure predator without any redemptive qualities. Perhaps the author was indeed effective since I so loathe the main character. I simply cannot fathom that this is a trilogy. ( )