Empire of Fear
Synopsis
In an epic novel the Washington Post called "riveting," Brian Stableford brilliantly imagines a world ruled by a powerful aristocracy of vampires: long-lived, extraordinarily handsome humans who are immune to pain but must drink the blood of their common subjects. The story begins in seventeenth-century London and spans three hundred years-moving from England to the heart of Africa, to Malta, and finally to the New World. Edmund Cordery, Mechanician to the court of Richard Coeur-de-Lion, believes that vampire beings must have a natural explanation. But when his discoveries make him dangerous in the eyes of his masters, Edmund entrusts his learned secrets to his son, Noell, who in turn becomes a fugitive. When he returns to Europe he faces the awesome might of Coeur-de-Lion and the infamous Vlad the Impaler. This classic has been translated into five languages and "turn[ed] the typical vampire story on its ear" when it was published, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
- प्रतिलिपि अधिकार:
- 2011 Brian Stableford
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9781626369443
- Publisher:
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 2019-01-06T09:06:08Z
- भाषा:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.