Empire of Fear
An Epic Vampire Novel
Fiction & Literature, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Suspense, Thrillers
| Author: | Brian Stableford | ISBN: | 9781626369443 |
| Publisher: | Skyhorse | Publication: | June 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Skyhorse | Language: | English |
| Author: | Brian Stableford |
| ISBN: | 9781626369443 |
| Publisher: | Skyhorse |
| Publication: | June 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Skyhorse |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
