Andy's work leaves him stressed from the relentless hours he must put in on the case. Later, Andy, now a Los Angeles detective, is trying find the Roach, who rapes, murders, and then puts cockroaches in the mouth of his victims. Andy and his mother finally go to a house away from their town. His father shouts "I'LL FIND YOU" as they run away. They then run away into the cold blizzard. His face is blown apart but continues to come after the two. Andy's mother, suspecting that he is a creature he was hunting for, shoots him. Andy comes to his father when told to and finds he is pale and cold. His father comes in late but is different. The result is a genuine classic of the genre, a novel that is as fresh and absorbing today as it was more than thirty years ago.The prologue starts in Hungary as young Andy is waiting for his father to come home after a hunting trip. With the unobtrusive ease of a natural storyteller, the author propels a wide assortment of vividly created characters through an apocalyptic scenario that combines gritty urban realism with a powerful portrait of supernatural forces at large in the modern world. They Thirst marks the earliest appearance of McCammon's penchant for epic, wide-angled narratives. The Master's plan: to overrun the city and use it as a stepping-stone toward wider, ultimately global, domination. His life takes a darker turn when the demonic forces he first encountered in Krajeck arrive in L.A., led by an ancient vampire known as The Master. Decades later, Andre-now Andy-Palatazin is a homicide detective in the Los Angeles Police Department, and spends his days dealing with the quotidian terrors of a large metropolis. Pursued by this undead entity, Andre and his mother barely escape with their lives. The man who finally returns is no longer Andre's father-is no longer, in fact, a man. The story begins in the tiny Hungarian hamlet of Krajeck, where nine-year-old Andre Palatazin awaits the return of his father from an unspecified-but clearly dangerous-mission. In the years since, it has acquired an intensely devoted following, and is now widely regarded as one of the significant vampire novels of the 20th century. Like its predecessors-Baal, Bethany's Sin, and The Night Boat-They Thirst made its initial appearance as a paperback original. THEY THIRST by Robert McCammon - SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS BOOK See all titles by Robert McCammon.įirst published in 1981, They Thirst was Robert McCammon's fourth novel, and it remains one of the major milestones of an ambitious, constantly evolving career.
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