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wanted attention of a federal investigator as well as some vampire hunters with their own agenda. In an unusual twist, the question of what happens to a vampire's freed soul is explored. |
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83. Ford, John M. The Dragon Waiting: A Masque of History. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983. Hardcover. (Paperback. New York: Avon, 1985.) |
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In this alternate history-cum-fantasy, vampirism is a dread disease, and most of those afflicted hide their condition. The time is roughly that of the early Renaissance. Five people, one a vampire, meet at an inn and, with a wizard as their leader, join forces to help the English Plantagenet King Edward IV and his brother, who will in time become Richard III. Vampirism plays an interesting role in the fate of Richard's nephews. |
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84. Foster, Prudence. Blood Legacy. New York: Pocket Books, 1989. Paperback. |
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At Castle Csejthe, where the notorious Elizabeth Bathory spent her last days, an old tomb is accidentally opened. Months later, Ferencz Nadasday of Csejthe arrives in a small Florida town to find and awaken the reincarnated spirit of Elizabeth, which resides in the body of bookstore owner Angelique Gaudet. Father Ponikenus, a priest who knows about vampires, and police Lieutenant Gil Spencer, Angelique's lover, help her in the fight to save her soul. |
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Element(s): Bathory, Romance. |
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85. Friedman, C. S. The Madness Season. New York: DAW, 1990. Paperback. |
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The Earth and many other worlds have been conquered by the Tyr, a terrible race which commands subservience, inspires fear, and does not tolerate diversity. One of those who fought in earth's war against the conquerors is Daetrin, a man who has lived for centuries. Through the course of this complex novel Daetrin must come to grips with the alien part of himself a part that among other things craves blood before he can do what is necessary to free earth and the other inhabited worlds of their oppressors. |
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86. Gemmell, David. Morningstar. New York: Del Rey, 1993. Paperback. |
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