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35. Charnas, Suzy McKee (aka Rebecca Brand). The Vampire Tapestry. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980. Hardcover. (Trade paperback published by Living Batch Press, Albuquerque, NM, 1993.) |
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Edward Weyland is a popular professor of anthropology and a vampire who secretly feeds on those whose trust he has gained. He prides himself on his predatory skills and his superiority to mortals. But perhaps there is a streak of humanity in his tormented soul after all: Edward begins to feel a certain empathy with his prey. This is a truly unique twist on the vampire theme and a skillful look at a vampire's psychological profile. |
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36. Ciencin, Scott. Danielle Walthers series. |
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Samantha Walthers adopts an abandoned baby girl and names her Danielle. When Danielle reaches adulthood, she meets a group of vampires who inform her that she is an Initiate, the child of a vampire father and human mother. (Only male vampires can reproduce.) Danielle's new friends, and in particular the handsome Bill Yoshino, want to bring her into the vampire world a ritual that includes sex, an exchange of blood, and the killing of a human by Danielle. Samantha discovers her daughter's vampiric background and vows to save her soul. The journey this portends and the horrors encountered make up the trilogy. The vampires in Ciencin's world consist of Ancients, who have the greatest powers, and their various generational offspring. The first of their race was a Roman Centurian, present at the Crucifixion, who drank some of Jesus' blood. |
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37.. The Vampire Odyssey. New York: Zebra, 1992. Paperback. |
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Series: Danielle Walthers No. 1. |
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Danielle meets the vampires who tell her she can be one of them, but only when she shares their blood and then kills and drinks the blood of a mortal. Meanwhile Samantha, knowing that her daughter's soul is in danger, frantically searches for her. |
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38.. The Wildings. New York: Zebra, 1992. Paperback. |
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Series: Danielle Walthers No. 2. |
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Danielle has turned her back on the vampires, but before escaping their clutches, she had gone through part of the transformation thus giving her some vampiric powers. Among those powers is that of |
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