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Manhattan is now home to Louis and Arabella. Louis still appears young and virile, but Arabella has refused the dark kiss of the vampire. Now she is an elderly woman. Although her husband is completely devoted to her, Arabella knows that at eighty her time is limited. She feels Louis needs another with whom he can share his life. She decides Cassie Alexander is perfect for the role. Cassie is young, independent, lovely, and in desperate need of help. Someone is stalking her and murder is on that person's mind. |
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94. Golden, Christie. Vampire of the Mists. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1991. Paperback. |
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Publisher series: Ravenloft. |
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This novel is the first in TSR's Ravenloft dark fantasy series. A golden elf named Jander Sunstar has been one of the undead for five centuries. He had led an unhappy existence until he met Anna, a beautiful woman who did not shun him. But she suffered and eventually died because of a terrible magic that emanated from the land of Barovia. Jander is transported there and must confront the evil magician and fellow vampire Count Strahd Von Zarovich. |
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(See #77 for a novel about Strahd.) |
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Element(s): Romance, SF/F. |
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95. Golden, Christopher. Of Saints and Shadows. New York: Jove, 1994. Paperback. |
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Within the Vatican is a book called The Gospel of the Shadows. It holds secrets about a group most believe does not exist vampires. When this book disappears Liam Mulkerrin, a priest and magician with a penchant for murder, sets out to retrieve it. Also in pursuit is Peter Octavian. He is a vampire, but an unusual one in that he does not kill. Peter eventually discovers many of the secrets about his race that are written in the Gospel. He also learns that the Church plans to annihilate all vampires in one bloody conflagration. |
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96.. Angel Souls and Devil Hearts. New York: Berkley, 1995. Paperback. |
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This sequel to Of Saints and Shadows takes place five years later. Vampires, who prefer the term Shadows, know a freedom unheard of in |
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