Set in 2012, in 1912, and in 1870, this is a series of conversations between an aging Lutheran pastor in Miles City, Montana and a Blackfeet vampire, but it’s also a conversation with—interrogation of?—history, and justice, and retribution. With . . . no small amount of blood drinking, and plenty of that good old epistolary action.
Excerpts at People magazine & DreadCentral
other editions : Black Crow | Owl Crate | Aardvark | B&N Exclusive |
“For me and vampires, there is Stoker, there is Rice, and now there is Jones. It’s harrowing, agonizing, nuanced, and downright philosophical. Very likely Jones’s masterpiece.”
—Daniel Kraus, New York Times bestselling author of Whalefall
“Stephen Graham Jones has lit a slow-burning candle that grows into a forest fire, illuminating the life of a Pikuni vampire and everyone he has touched, the pain of being a victim and perpetrator of violent history, and how memory serves to keep us who we are despite it all. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is beautiful, terrifying, sad, funny, and grotesque — everything I want in a novel.”
—Jessica Johns, author of Bad Cree
“Stephen Graham Jones tears into the flesh of vampire lore, transforming it into something raw and feral. Jones crafts a stark, unnervingly poetic narrative. This is vampire horror reimagined in the sharp glare of a history America cannot escape.”
—Shane Hawk, co-editor of Never Whistle At Night
“A master at blending horror, suspense, and culturally rich stories that are as thought-provoking as they are spine-tingling. Jones’s singular voice and exploration of identity, of trauma and survival, make every page pulse with kinetic urgency.”
—David Robertson, author of The Theory of Crows
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