Has anyone here read the novel They Thirst (1) by Robert McCammon? Published in 1981, it tells the story of a vampire king who, along with his minions, gradually takes over Los Angeles, with some supernatural help from a figure called the Headmaster (who whips up a sandstorm that cripples Los Angeles and allows the vampires to overrun it). Anyway, at the end, the vampire king and his minions (2) are defeated, in part because of an earthquake that sinks Los Angeles beneath the ocean and kills almost all of the vampires (and many of them die because of the salt water burning them (3)).
Anyway, assume They Thirst is a TL and the events happen in the early 1980s. So, what happens after the novel's events? All the outside world knows at the end is that a freak sandstorm crippled Los Angeles, followed by an earthquake and tsunami that sunk much of Los Angeles beneath the ocean and caused a Pacific-wide tsunami.
However, many of the tens of thousands of survivors saw vampires and have told that to their rescuers; this hasn't been made public yet, but it will be (with that many people saying the same thing, there isn't any way this can be hushed up)…
This is not to mention the fact that one of the world's entertainment and financial capitals is now beneath the ocean, and many celebrities and higher-ups are likely dead (either from the sandstorm, earthquake, or worse), as well as the likely collateral damage from the tsunami (it's mentioned that San Francisco and Hawaii were hit by tsunamis)…
The reason I'm starting this thread is because They Thirst takes place around Halloween, so it's appropriate...
(1) They Thirst is basically Salem's Lot transported to Los Angeles, which is no surprise, given that Stephen King wrote that story before They Thirst, and it was a likely inspiration for They Thirst. In fact, another novel of his (Stinger) has aliens putting a city underneath a dome, similar to a recent novel of King's (Under The Dome); King has stated that he's had that idea since the 1970s. McCammon wrote several novels that were similar to Stephen King novels
(2) The vampire king is a teenage boy who was made a vampire in the Middle Ages. Imagine a smarter version of Joffrey, but just as cruel (the scene where he psychically kills one of his minions by crushing his head is particularly horrific). And the last minion (the human familiar) dies when, after a struggle with one of the surviving heroes (a female tabloid reporter), he falls into a den of rattlesnakes, who aren't very happy with someone bothering them. It does not end well for him, needless to say.
(3) The salt water seems to have an effect similar to holy water on the vampires...
Anyway, assume They Thirst is a TL and the events happen in the early 1980s. So, what happens after the novel's events? All the outside world knows at the end is that a freak sandstorm crippled Los Angeles, followed by an earthquake and tsunami that sunk much of Los Angeles beneath the ocean and caused a Pacific-wide tsunami.
However, many of the tens of thousands of survivors saw vampires and have told that to their rescuers; this hasn't been made public yet, but it will be (with that many people saying the same thing, there isn't any way this can be hushed up)…
This is not to mention the fact that one of the world's entertainment and financial capitals is now beneath the ocean, and many celebrities and higher-ups are likely dead (either from the sandstorm, earthquake, or worse), as well as the likely collateral damage from the tsunami (it's mentioned that San Francisco and Hawaii were hit by tsunamis)…
The reason I'm starting this thread is because They Thirst takes place around Halloween, so it's appropriate...
(1) They Thirst is basically Salem's Lot transported to Los Angeles, which is no surprise, given that Stephen King wrote that story before They Thirst, and it was a likely inspiration for They Thirst. In fact, another novel of his (Stinger) has aliens putting a city underneath a dome, similar to a recent novel of King's (Under The Dome); King has stated that he's had that idea since the 1970s. McCammon wrote several novels that were similar to Stephen King novels
(2) The vampire king is a teenage boy who was made a vampire in the Middle Ages. Imagine a smarter version of Joffrey, but just as cruel (the scene where he psychically kills one of his minions by crushing his head is particularly horrific). And the last minion (the human familiar) dies when, after a struggle with one of the surviving heroes (a female tabloid reporter), he falls into a den of rattlesnakes, who aren't very happy with someone bothering them. It does not end well for him, needless to say.
(3) The salt water seems to have an effect similar to holy water on the vampires...