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In this installment of Barrow, there are some things that are familiar and some things that are not and it is somewhat lessened. I am not angered by the lack of Templesmith, either, because I know that things go on and that disappointments like this happen. I am not certain of the "why" behind the lack of Templesmith, either - perhaps one tires of being associated with something that makes them feel underappreciated when they can do so much. What I am disappointed by is the fact that the book had all the pieces to become something and didn't seem to try hard enough to "be." The storyline - a hunter with a lot of money arrives in Barrow to see "vampires" and to document proof - has the scent of another tale on it and the mystery - something bad lurks beyond the walls of Barrow - isn't surprising. This is not to say that the beginning and the end were not good because they were; the ambiance in those front pages gave me the creeps and the end of the story COULD HAVE BEEN something beautiful. Tales of ancient tales, archaic doses of what was on the Artic loom of "before;" everything there was something that reminded me of how deep the stories could go. The problem was that the story did not go to those depths and the way things worked out --- for a 30 Days of Night story they seemed to clean and too happy.