THE VAMPIRES ARE COMING - THE VAMPIRE SLAYERS FIELD GUIDE TO THE UNDEAD By Shane MacDougall

The world's most complete nonfiction book on vampire folklore and myths from around the world and throughout history.

Every culture around the world has vampire legends. From the arid deserts of the Australian Outback to the steamy swamps of Brazil, from the icy mountains of Tibet to the tropical shores of Haiti, the vampires are out there. Most of them DO NOT fear the cross or the stake. Some of them can shapeshift into birds, dogs, wolves, bats, moths, or even glowing balls of light. Some of these creatures drink blood, while others consume life essence and even sexual potency. Some vampires can fly, cast reflections in mirrors, cross running water, even walk around in daylight!

If everything you know about how to destroy these undead monsters was learned from reading Dracula or watching Buffy then you could easily become their next victim. Want to learn how to identify the different species of vampires, hunt them, and eventually destroy these creatures of the night? Then you'll need The Vampire Slayers Field Guide to the Undead by noted folklorist Shane MacDougall.

The Vampire Slayers Field Guide to the Undead is a fully illustrated directory to the deadly fiends who haunt the night in search of blood, and is the world's most complete encyclopedia of vampire species from around the world and throughout history. Not just fictional vampires like Dracula, but the vampires of folklore and myth from all lands, from ancient Assyria to Eastern Europe to the Aztec jungles of Mexico.

In The Vampire Slayers Field Guide to the Undead you'll encounter:
·   The Jigarkhwar of India that kills with a lethal stare!
·   The Chiang-Shih, the bizarre hopping vampires of China!
·   The water-dwelling Kappa of Japan that use Sumo wrestling to overwhelm their victims!
·   The impish Yara-Ma-Yha-Who of Australia who swallows his victims whole!
·   The Mjertovjec of Byelorus, a vampire reincarnated from the corpse of a werewolf!
·   The seductive Green Ogresses of France who use their supernatural beauty to lure young men to their doom!
·   The fierce Draugr, a nearly invulnerable vampire inhabiting the body of a dead Viking!
·   The fearsome Cherokee witch-vampire, U`tlûñ'tä, who kills with fingers made of sharpened stone!
·   The Asasabonsam of Southern Ghana who bite their victims with iron teeth!
·   The Ma Cà Rông of Vietnamese legend who is seen only as a floating head and entrails!
·   The Malaysian cat-vampire Bajang that hunts nightly for children!
·   The Redcaps who haunt the ruined castles and deserted byways of the Scottish Highlands!

And many others!

The Vampire Slayers Field Guide to the Undead is gorgeously illustrated by artists from around the world, including Lilian Broca, Robert Patrick OBrien, Breanne Levy, Alberto Moreno, Adam Garland, Marie OBrien, Jason Lukridge, and more.

The Vampire Slayers Field Guide to the Undead is from Strider Nolan Publishing, Inc., a new independent house. This fast-growing young company has already released two installments of its highly popular Ultimate Martial Arts" series, and The Hit-Mans Music Trivia Quiz Book.

The Vampire Slayers Field Guide to the Undead (1-932045-12-0) can be ordered from STRIDER NOLAN PUBLISHING, INC. for $24.95. Orders should be mailed to: Strider Nolan Publishing, Inc, 68 S. Main St., Doylestown, PA 18901 • 1-877-877-8665 (toll free), USA. Please include $5.95 for shipping. Books can also be securely ordered on-line at www.stridernolan.com.

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