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lovemaking they share leads to her change. Upon her death, she will rise as a vampire, and have her own series of books. (See #277-280.) |
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Element(s): History, Romance. |
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270.. Path of the Eclipse. New York: St. Martin's, 1981. Hardcover. (New York: Signet, 1981. Paperback) and (New York: Tor, 1988. Paperback.) |
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Series: Saint-Germain No. 4. |
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In the early part of the thirteenth century the Mongols, under Genghis Khan, are making their way throughout Asia. Saint-Germain is caught in these momentous events as he travels through China and India. |
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Element(s): History, Romance. |
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271.. Tempting Fate. New York: St. Martin's, 1982. Hardcover. (New York: Signet, 1982. Paperback.) |
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Series: Saint-Germain No. 5. |
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Saint-Germain has become the guardian of Laisha, an orphaned Russian emigre. They face the menace of the rising power of Nazism. The setting is Europe between the world wars. Madelaine also plays a prominent role in this story. |
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Element(s): History, Romance. |
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272.. Darker Jewels. New York: Tor, 1993. Hardcover. |
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Series: Saint-Germain No. 7. |
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The setting is the sixteenth-century Russia of Ivan the Terrible, close to the end of this mad monarch's reign. Count Saint-Germain is at court representing the Polish king. Here he is befriended by Boris Gudonov, who does what he can to protect our vampire hero from court intrigues. In this story the count marries, at Ivan's insistence, Xenya Koshkina, a young woman unfairly shunned by many of the nobility. Frightened of him at first, Xenya eventually comes to love her husband deeply. |
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Element(s): History, Romance. |
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273.. Better in the Dark. New York: Tor, 1993. Hardcover. (Paperback. New York: Tor, 1995.) |
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Series: Saint-Germain No. 8. |
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The setting is Saxony in the year 937 C.E. Life was harsh during Europe's Dark Ages and especially so for women. A few women through |
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