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Prey for The Dead: Book Two of The Dead Game Series Kindle Edition

by Susanne Leist (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
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Linda Bennett's dreams of happiness have always eluded her.

Five years ago, she moved to Florida from New York to escape heartache. The Dead, an evil group of vampires, ruined any hope of peace for her and the small town of Oasis. Since then, Linda has learned to live among vampires and human vampires, finding finds solace in her bookshop. Then one morning, Oasis goes dark, and an explosion rocks her store and any future dreams for a happy ending.

News of a vampire presence at an exclusive club in Disney World prompts Todd and Sam, hybrids, to go undercover as members. Linda and her best friend, Shana, join them as trophy wives. Disaster follows in their wake as vampires fight for control. A devastating surprise waits for them in the tunnels beneath Oasis and then at a tree island in Florida's swamplands.

Can Oasis survive the battle between good and evil?

Will Linda find her happy ending?
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The wolf face on the moon. The vampires have returned to Oasis.
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"Set five years after the events in Leist's (The Dead Game, 2013) previous novel, this sequel aims to expand on the threat of Wolf and explore romance among the vamps. Readers will also enjoy a touch of mystery when they discover that Wolf's spirit has migrated into a new body... The Florida coast is beautifully evoked by water that "shimmered in alternating shades of azure and cerulean blue" and "the scent of zinnias and lavender" that "permeated the gentle wind." Most of the violence isn't the traditional vampire neck biting but more in tune with battlefield carnage ("A body hung from the chandelier--a headless form--still wearing his shirt and pants, now saturated with blood")." -- Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

A career in writing has been a giant leap for me. Accustomed to the number-crunching field of budgeting and the hectic commodity markets, I left my first career and M.B.A. in Finance behind to pursue my dream. I do not regret my foray into literature for one moment. Fellow authors helped me make my way through the competitive field. I write every day and even tried my hand at poetry. Don't listen if someone tells you it's too late to try something different. It is never too late to follow your heart.

The Dead Game, the first book of The Dead Game Series, brings fantasy and surrealism to the classic murder mystery with dead bodies, suspects, and clues. It offers vampires, vampire derivatives, and a touch of romance to spice the motley mix.

The story continues in Prey for The Dead as The Dead vampires use an exclusive club in Disney World to infiltrate the rich and famous, a club based on Walt Disney's Club 33. As The Dead grow in power, not even the bright sunshine of Florida can weaken them. Linda and her friends join forces with human vampires--known as hybrids--to defeat the evil threatening to control their coastal town. A masquerade ball and a romp through the tunnels beneath Oasis lead to a showdown in Florida's swamps.

The Dead At Heart, the last book in the series, is Shana's love story. When Linda moves into Gregg's mansion, she suggests Shana bring William with her as he recuperates from his last battle. While Gregg, a vampire, has learned to live with humans, Shana doubts whether William can mend his evil ways. Shana watches the engaged couple with dismay as her arguments with William mount. After werewolves kidnap Linda, Shana flees with Sam, who believes William has been plotting with vampires and werewolves to overthrow the upcoming vampire summit in Quebec.

I am working on my fourth book. A seaside town in Maine provides the backdrop for murder, mystery, and romance. Will this book become a series? I don't know yet. But I'm eager to begin the journey.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07PB9KG4P
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amazon Digital Services (February 27, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 27, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1508 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 274 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Hi, I am an author of paranormal suspense. In my first series, The Dead Game Series, the dead walk the night & into the day, leading our heroines on a dangerous adventure from Florida to Quebec.

The Blue Harbor Series offers a new set of heroines who fight to save their town from an Indian curse. The first book, Meet Me In Maine, uncovers the perpetrator of the curse and the plight of the Penobscot culture at the hands of the white man.

Meet Me In Maine's new edition contains two bonus chapters with Scarlett's and Elizabeth's stories, revealing why they chose to settle in Blue Harbor. I also have a special treat for you, My Last Year, written by my Maltese Nounous.

Please sit back, put up your feet, and let me bring mystery and romance to your lives.

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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44 global ratings
Lots of action which will keep you wondering and reading until you have finished the book!
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Lots of action which will keep you wondering and reading until you have finished the book!
I read The Dead Game by Susanne Leist back in 2016 (see my review here) Although this can be read as a stand alone I highly suggest you read the first in this series--you will somewhat need the background to understand how it all came about!Oasis is over run by Vampires, hybrid vampires and of course there are also humans who haven't a clue. One group of Vampires is trying to kill off the other group and I was hard put to figure out who was truly trying to protect the town and who wasn't. Talk about twists and turns--this novel has MANY.Then you have two human females who actually do know what is going on--and one of them is being romantically pursued by 2 of the hybrid vampires. She really likes them both--but does she really want to get into a relationship with any kind of vsmpire?Lots of action which will keep you wondering and reading until you have finished the book!
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Top reviews from the United States

D. Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific story of modern vampires
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2021
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“Paradise has a way of slipping through out fingers,” Susanne Leist writes near the end of this book, after she has proven it throughout. I thought this was even better than her first vampire novel, The Dead Game. Prey for the Dead took me five years into the future where Linda still runs her bookstore in Oasis. She learns to live among among vampires and vampire hybrids but that doesn’t stop the good vs. evil battle from raging its ugly head from Disney World to tunnels. As with the first book, this has a really sweet touch of romance. The descriptions are terrific, the characters solid. Can’t wait for the next one.
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Just a thought
4.0 out of 5 stars Captivating combination of romance and suspense
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2023
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I enjoyed Book one of The Dead Game series and Book Two didn’t disappoint. Linda and Shana are back, as are Gregg and Todd. I’m not sure that this novel would be appreciated as a stand alone and recommend the you read Book One before diving into this well written, page turning sequel.

The characters are nicely developed and the settings are described with excellent detail. I enjoy realistic dialogue and this book is full of it. The plot is captivating with a combination of romance and suspense. I will be moving on to Book Three. Well done!
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Ryan Krol
5.0 out of 5 stars A Fresh Take On The Vampire Genre
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2020
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The story takes off quickly as we enter the world of Linda and her Florida town of Oasis, where a feud between vampires is growing after five years of peace. While the evil vampires are attempting to rise, the good and hybrid vampires aim to stop them. The leaders of each side also battle each other for Linda’s love. In addition to the pacing, the attention to detail really kept me engaged. This is the second book in the series, so I went back and read the description of the first one to get some more background. It helped, but I will be reading the first book to get caught up. This is a great story, well crafted, and fun.
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Terry W. Sprouse
5.0 out of 5 stars A HIGH OCTANE THRILLER
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2020
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I read the first book in the series a few years ago and thought it was dynamite. Susanne does not ease her foot off the gas pedal for this high octane sequel. Placing the vampires in Florida and Disneyworld was a nice touch. The story moves fast with slick action and sharp interaction between the characters, replete with romantic interludes.

“Prey for the Dead” picks up the story five years later. After a period of peace in Oasis between humans, hybrids and vampires, war breaks out again. Susanne has a knack for telling a captivating story that mixes together fantasy and the supernatural.

My memories of vampires date back to Bela Lugosi holding a cape in front of his mouth, and his piercing eyes hypnotically captivating his female prey, as in the classic “Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein.”

Thankfully, today’s vampires are equipped with a more profuse personality and power.
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Roy Murry, Author
4.0 out of 5 stars Review of PREY for THE DEAD
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2020
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PREY for THE DEAD

SUSANNE LEIST

Review by Author Roy Murry

The small oceanside town Oasis is not an Oasis. "I am sure Sean feels the same way. Vamps and hybrids...Elders and Watchers...this town is a crazy hotspot for the paranormal." Keith, a visitor, grunted, is a quote from PREY.

This novel is the second in THE DEAD GAME series, which I have read. THE DEAD and Wolf, a vampire, has returned to Oasis to save his family. A war is brewing.

Among the participating main characters are two humans, Linda and Shana. They have their infatuations with vamps and hybrids, which they pursue, and are in the warring center of two fractions lead by Todd and Gregg.

Both are in love with Linda. Shana has Sam, or maybe. Protection of the lady humans is the utmost concern of the vamps when the battle starts with many turns in the adventure.

It is a fun fictional book to read. In the end, the diehard reader of this genre will want more. Lucky for them, there is a third book in the series.

It is better to read the first book in the series THE DEAD GAME, which hooked me.
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Jane
5.0 out of 5 stars Someone should turn this book into a movie!
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2019
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This book is action-packed! There are vampires fighting vampires, amazing battle scenes, a love triangle between the protagonist and two hybrid vampires, and so many twists and turns I lost count. I couldn't put down the book once I got into the story. More importantly, probably other than the beforementioned love triangle, the story is completely original and nothing like the vampire books I have already read, and I am a big fan. The only thing I didn't like was the overly detailed description of clothing, makeup, and hairstyle. it slowed the pace down a bit. Still, a very refreshing and enjoyable read and I recommend it to all fans of vampire stories!
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Howard Lipman
5.0 out of 5 stars A most unusual Vampire Book!
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2019
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In Prey for the Dead, Book two of this exciting series, the author presents us with her world, her town Oasis. The fight to keep stasis after five years of peace between the vampires, hybrid half human/half vampires and humans like protagonist Linda starts with a sudden earthquake that rocks the town, shattering stores and wreaking havoc. Does this have anything to do with Abe and Father John entering the tunnels, finding a part of End House that didn’t entirely sink several years before? Amidst the unexpected twists and turns physical events in Oasis there are the love interests which also experience upheaval of an unexpected nature. This is a page-turner, and edge-of-your-seat standalone that also begs you to read the first novel if you already haven’t. I particularly liked the description of weapons and battle scenes. Also the descriptions of the natural environment of Oasis and how it changes from doom and gloom to a peaceful seaside are masterfully done! And then there are the tunnels underneath to contend with! Two thumbs up and five stars for a most unusual Vampire Book!
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HM Holten
4.0 out of 5 stars Vampire Extravaganza
Reviewed in Germany on May 30, 2021
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The Sequel to Dead Game
The town Oasis is still picturesque on the surface but underneath evil broods. Linda and her best friend Shana still hope for romance and a little happiness. Two of the hybrids, Greg and Todd, vie for Linda’s love. She is torn here and there – uncertain and scared. Shana has a fling with Sam, the sheriff.
The novel opens with an earthquake or is it an explosion that shatters five years of human/hybrid/vampire quiet familiarity. The earthquake marks the re-emergence of the Dead – the evil vampires who aim to eradicate humanity as well as the mixed human/vampires, called hybrids. News emerges that there are vampires in Disneyland Florida and that’s where the main plot takes place.
Part of the suspense rests in the uncertainty about who is evil and who is good.
Leist works her magic with her usual panache and wit. She delivers twists and turns and quirky surprises as well as vampiric blood and gore.
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Sibyl Mory
5.0 out of 5 stars ORIGINAL VAMPIRE TALE
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2019
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Great follow-up in this second book of the series. Oasis is at the prey of the vampires, but they are themselves divided into two opposing camps. Linda is romantically attached to two of the hybrid vampires, who are themselves battling each other as members of the opposing groups. Great mix of vampire thrills and action, twists and turns, and intriguing romance. Thrilling journey to find out how it ends for Linda, and who she chooses... Original, well-detailed and riveting.
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Christine U. Cowin
4.0 out of 5 stars Love issues
Reviewed in Australia on April 18, 2022
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Again Linda and Shana have many love issues. And Gregg’s jealousy of Linda is over the top. There seems to be a disconnection between human and vampire understanding of a love relationship.
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professor
4.0 out of 5 stars Creative Evolution of the Vampire Myth
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2019
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I was offered a free copy of Prey for the Dead by Susanne Leist in return for an honest review. I have not been a reader of vampire stories since I read Dracula by Bram Stoker some forty years ago, so I was ill-prepared for the changes to the genre that seem to have taken place since then. Vampires, to me, are evil demons who inhabit the dead bodies of human beings. They have an insatiable lust for blood, are utterly without conscience or empathy, live in environments oozing decay and death, and cannot move around during the day.

The vampires I encountered in this book are so far removed from Stoker’s original that I have great difficulty in accepting them as vampires. These vampires, including a new breed called ‘hybrids’ (half-vampire, half-human), are glowing, healthy, full of life and vigour and every one of them is an Adonis with smoldering good looks and physiques to match ... as, indeed, are all of the women, human and vampire. (Credulity stretched already, I’m afraid.) They eat enormous amounts of regular food (one loves ‘duck a l’orange’!!), indulge in copious bouts a alcohol consumption and live generally human lives. One was even surprised when a female lead didn’t know they prayed for their dead. (!!?)

Prey for the Dead does have a story. A group of evil vampires are about to rise from their dead zone under the ground and threaten the town of Oasis. Good vampires and hybrids engage in a battle to defeat them. This results in mayhem, blood and some levels of tension.

But it seems to me that this is a story written by a woman for women readers. There are numerous descriptions of fashion, hairstyles, and make-up. The dialogue is largely relationship-based (more often than not angst-ridden and argumentative). The lead male vampires are riddled with jealousy as they compete aggressively and angrily for the love of one of the human women. The tale is generally romantic (or, I should suggest, given the constant conflicts) aggromantic. For me, a male reader, I found this element of the story distracting.

However, much of the above is about my own predilections. How do I judge this book objectively without allowing my own prejudices to intrude unfairly?

All writers have an idea and an intention when they set out to produce a novel. They will please some readers; they will not please others. The question is, how well did the writer succeed in doing what she set out to do? In this book, Leist has created an entirely new vampire lore, peopled her story with lively characters, and pitted dark against light in a tense and exciting way. I have no doubt that many readers of this kind of story, familiar with the modern evolution of the vampire myth, will love this book.

Even suspending disbelief however, and accepting the author’s fantasy milieu, I did have a problem with the dialogue between Linda and her two vampire suitors. For me there were too many sudden switches of emotion, too may pointless and sharp rejections, too many bouts of uncertainty and mistrust. I regret to say that this element of the story was, for me, mostly unnatural and didn’t ring true.

All of that said, this is a story for people with specific tastes. There are many fans of this genre as is evident from other highly complimentary reviews, so the author is to be respected for her success in delivering the story as she intended. No writer can do more than that. Were it not for the problems with the dialogue, I would probably have awarded the book the full five stars.
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