Sunday, April 25, 2010

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VAMPIRE HUNTER AUDIO BOOK: GIVEAWAY

GIVEAWAY ENDED
ABRAHAM LINCOLN:
VAMPIRE HUNTER

AUDIO BOOK
BY SETH GRAHAME-SMITH
READ BY SCOTT HOLST

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness."

"My baby boy..." she whispers before dying.

Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal affliction was actually the work of a vampire.

When the truth becomes known to young Lincoln, he writes in his journal, "henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study and devotion. I shall become a master of mind and body. And this mastery shall have but one purpose..." Gifted with his legendary height, strength, and skill with an ax, Abe sets out on a path of vengeance that will lead him all the way to the White House.

While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln, and became the first living person to lay eyes on it in more than 140 years.

Using the journal as his guide and writing in the grand biographical style of Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough, Seth has reconstructed the true life story of our greatest president for the first time-all while revealing the hidden history behind the Civil War and uncovering the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:


Seth Grahame-Smith is a film and television writer/producer, semi-frequent blogger, and bestselling author. His first novel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list. Since its release in April 2009, it's sold over a million copies and been translated into 20 languages. Seth is also the Co-Creator/Executive Producer of the upcoming MTV comedy series, "The Hard Times of RJ Berger." He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son.
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GIVEAWAY

THANKS TO ANNA AND THE GOOD FOLKS
AT THE HACHETTE BOOK GROUP,
I HAVE THREE COPIES OF THIS
AUDIO BOOK TO GIVEAWAY!


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38 comments:

Lisa Richards/alterlisa said...

I can't wait to read "the true life story of our greatest president for the first time-all while revealing the hidden history behind the Civil War and uncovering the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation."
My type of "historical" fiction.

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Denny, Alaska said...

I had no idea something called "milk sickness" existed.

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Anonymous said...

I am a email subscriber.
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Anonymous said...

I love that it mixes real history with science fiction. I have never seen this before. I like that it is based on the real history of someone as famous as Abe Lincoln.
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rubynreba said...

I find it interesting that vampires played a role in Abraham Lincoln's life.
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Unknown said...

I've been trying to win this book all over the place, No such luck yet. I've never read an audio book and am real interested in listening to one. The story sounds great! I thinkmy husband willlike this one too, Anything history grabs him. I'll love the vampire part cause I'm into vampire stories. I haven't heard of milk sickness either.


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Unknown said...

I posted on twitter:
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I'm a GFC follower also subscribe through email and network blogs

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Unknown said...

I can't wait to read this book. It sounds very interesting. I would say my favorite president was Abraham Lincoln. Please enter me in contest. Thank you. Tore923@aol.com

Rabid Fox said...

+1 - While it is not likely that I'll be reading Lincoln's biography by Doris Kearns Goodwin, there is a likelihood that I would read this imaginative fictionalization of the man. And I didn't hate Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, so Seth Grahame-Smith might wind up doing a good job here.


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+1 - I am a follower of this blog via Blogger. It should show up in my blogroll.

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Jo-Jo said...

I'm also a follower.

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Jo-Jo said...

Well the thought of Abraham Lincoln being a vampire hunter is definitely interesting!

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Sweet Vernal Zephyr said...

I'm a google friend connect follower

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Sweet Vernal Zephyr said...

I like how this story will help me brush up on my history in a classic biographical format while entertaining me at the same time!

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Sweet Vernal Zephyr said...

I added your contest to my blog post here.

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Jo-Jo said...

I also blogged about the contest here.
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Unknown said...

When I was in high school I did a paper on Lincoln. I never came across any mention of vampires. I would love a chance to win.

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M.A.D. said...

Mary D
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I love these mash-ups, and combine a real life historial figure with the vampire thing is fascinating - some people have such wonderful imaginations. :)

M.A.D. said...

Mary D
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here's my second entry - (and did I remember to put my email addy in the first entry???) argh lol

I am a new/old follower lol

M.A.D. said...

Mary D
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And I am going (right now) to also follow you by subscribing via email :)

Kat C said...

This sounds like it will be very interesting and I love reading about the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln and Vampires? Now that could be very interesting.
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Kat C said...

I am now a subscriber to your blog.
I just found your blog today and I can't wait to get a chance to read more on it.
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Kat C said...

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Yvonne said...

I'm also a follower.

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Yvonne said...

I'd love to be entered into this one. The premise being about one of our president's sounds intriguing.

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Kat C said...

Did a tweet @oHIoKit
http://twitter.com/oHIoKit/status/13688540025
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Darcie K. said...

I love the fact that history is re-written with vampires!
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