I was a little annoyed on receiving this book. Nothing to do with the book itself, but the fact I had already read it under the name of "Red Ball".Why publishers insist on releasing books under different titles in different regions is beyond me. Anyway, this is a cracking good read, a slightly different take on the vampire story and full of Gideon's usual confronting graphic descriptions. I've read all of his books I can find, (only four unfortunately, five if you count Red Ball & Kindred as two seperate books)and they have all been very good. However he seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth just over 10 years ago, and as much as I google him, I can find no info beyond the books I have. If anyone knows what became of him, or if he is still writing under another name, please let me know, it's driving me mad!