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the story from his perspective as an inferior male. Women are the superior ones among vampires, or so Joel, the narrator of this story, has been taught to believe. He is soon to learn some shocking, disturbing truths. |
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255. Tilton, Lois. Darkness on the Ice. New York: Pinnacle, 1993. Paperback. |
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The story takes place during WW II. Only a very few in the Nazi high command know of the existence of the vampire Wolff. An agreement has been reached with him: If he helps the Nazis to protect a vital weather station high above the arctic circle, Wolff will have not only four months of blissful nights, but also the deed to his lost ancestral lands in the Carpathian mountains. At the weather station the German soldiers become suspicious of this man who never eats and feels no pain from the Arctic cold. Meanwhile the Americans know this weather station exists but not its exact location. A dogsled team is dispatched to find it. Wolff sees these Americans not so much as enemies of the Reich but as a necessary food supply. He stalks them like the predator he is. |
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256. Vitola, Denise. The Winter Man. New York: Berkley, 1995. Paperback. |
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A psychopathic serial killer is on the loose in Washington, D.C. He is called the Winter Man by investigators because he strikes during snow storms. His method of execution is extremely cruel and very precise. The narrator of this page-turning detective story is vampire and forensic hematologist Nicki Chim. She refers to herself and others of her ilk as hematomans. Nicki is tough, smart, and funny. She also has a private life that is causing her no end of trouble. Her lover, Gale, is going through a difficult time. He wants to leave and start his own clan. Nicki does not know how to stop him or even if she should. |
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257. Wartell, Matt. Blood of Our Children. Westminster, CO: Web Publishing, 1996. Paperback. |
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This is a most unusual vampire story, one set in the eighteenth-century Jewish ghetto of Lidz, Poland. A vampire stalks young boys and kills them just before their Bar Mitzvah. The local ruler, Count Vronski, a Catholic, and Shimon Zi, a Jewish holy man (Tzaddick) and scholar, work together to defeat the nosferatu. This story encompasses a rich description of European Jewish life of two hundred years ago. |
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