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Magic: The definitive dark fantasy romance retelling of Rapunzel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of global sensation Behind Her Eyes (Tales from the Kingdoms #1)
by Sarah PinboroughFIVE FAIRYTALES. NINE KINGDOMS. ONE PRINCE.'This is not your Disney fairy tale. It is much, much better' WILDER'S BOOK REVIEW'Brilliantly subverts the classic fairy tale' ONE CHAPTER MORE'Loads of fun . . . Exposes the patriarchal, oppressive fairytale world order which we take for granted in the old yarns' THE INDEPENDENTImagine a tower wreathed in legend, a powerful witch, a foolhardy king, an imprisoned girl, and a secret waiting to be discovered . . .And then imagine them all again . . .This is the tale of Rapunzel, retold as it always should have been.Magic is the first instalment in this British Fantasy Award-winning world teeming with lovers, dragons, witches, and werewolves by Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller Sarah Pinborough.Newly revised, rejacketed, and relaunched with a brand-new prequel and sequel, the Tales from the Kingdoms series is your next dark fantasy romance obsession.__________________Step into the Tales from the Kingdoms series:Book 1: MAGICBook 2: BEAUTYBook 3: POISONBook 4: CHARMBook 5: BLOOD__________________PRAISE FOR SARAH PINBOROUGH:'Bloody brilliant' STEPHEN KING'An absolute dream' RICHARD OSMAN'A twisted genius' LISA JEWELL'Queen of WTF' RUTH WARE'An absolute must-read' JOE HILL'A dark, electrifying page-turner' HARLAN COBEN'The queen of twisty reads' HARRIET TYCE'Everyone will be talking about this book' STYLIST'Expertly plotted' SUNDAY TIMES'One of the best endings to a book' PRIMA'The very definition of a page-turner' SUN
Magician and Fool: Book One, Arcana Oracle Series (Arcana Oracle Series)
by Susan WandsPamela Colman Smith, newly arrived from New York to her birthplace of London, is received as an oddball in Victorian society. Her second sight helps her in her new job: illustrating tarot cards for the Golden Dawn, a newly formed occult group. But when Pamela refuses to share her creations with Aleister Crowley, a controversial magician, he issues a threat: give up the cards&’ power, or he&’ll harm her muses.In the midst of this battle, two of Pamela&’s idols, the actors Henry Irving and William Terriss, take her under their wing. Henry, who tutors her as the leader of the Lyceum Theatre, becomes the muse for her Magician card. William Terriss, teaching her by examples of instinct and courage, becomes the muse for her Fool card. As Pamela begins to create the tarot deck, she is almost overwhelmed by the race to possess the magical power of her cards. In order to defeat Aleister, Henry and William will have to transform into living incarnations of the Magician and the Fool—and Pamela will have to learn how to conjure her own magic.
Magicians of Gor: Gor Book 25 (Gorean Saga #25)
by John NormanChaos reigns on the Counter-Earth in the long-running series that &“draw[s] on a combination of philosophy, science-fiction, and erotica&” (Vice). After the disaster of the delta campaign, Ar is essentially defenseless. The forces of Cos and her allies are welcomed into the city as liberators. Ar&’s Station, which held out so valiantly against superior forces in the North, is denounced as traitorous. Veterans of the delta campaign are despised and ridiculed. Patriotism and manhood are denigrated. Lawlessness and propaganda are rampant. Marlenus, the great ubar, who might have organized and led a resistance, who might have rallied the city, is presumed dead somewhere in the Voltai Mountains. Tarl is concerned with a warrior&’s vengeance upon sedition and treachery, and, in particular, with meeting one who stands high among the conspirators—a beautiful woman now enthroned as ubara, whose name is Talena. Rediscover this brilliantly imagined world where men are masters and women live to serve their every desire. Magicians of Gor is the 25th book in the Gorean Saga, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Magie der Gedanken (Triade #1)
by Poppy Dennison Stefanie ZurekBuch 1 in der Serie - TriadeMagische Wesen müssen stets unter sich bleiben. Den Regeln nach sollte Simon Osborne die Hilfeschreie der Kinder ignorieren. Immerhin handelt es sich um Welpen von Werwölfen und Simon ist ein Magierlehrling. Aber Simon beschließt, die Regeln dieses eine Mal zu brechen und die Welpen vor dem Dämon zu retten, der ihnen ihre Magie stehlen will. Natürlich zieht sein Handeln Konsequenzen nach sich. Simon erntet nicht nur die Missgunst seines Lehrmeisters, sondern auch die Aufmerksamkeit des Alpha-Werwolfs Gray Townsend. Das Letzte, was Gray in seinem Leben braucht, ist ein Magier, aber Simon hat nun mal seinen Sohn gerettet. Da Simon nun ein Freund des Rudels ist, bleibt Gray keine andere Wahl, als Simon in sein Leben zu lassen--und damit die verbotene Zuneigung, die er für Simon fühlt. Gray braucht die Hilfe des Magiers, um den Dämon aufzuspüren, bevor er wieder zuschlägt. Um das Rudel zu beschützen, müssen Simon und Gray sich zusammentun--ohne der Versuchung zu erliegen, die sie beide zerstören könnte.
Major Arcana: A Novel
by John Pistelli&“Perhaps the elusive great American novel for the twenty-first century.&” It begins with a gunshot: a student's public suicide on a university campus. The blast radius of this tragic explosion expands to encompass 50 years of our history and two of the grandest characters in recent American fiction: Simon Magnus, a comic-book writer who transfigured popular culture turned gender activist who transfigures the English language, and Ash del Greco, an online occultist who by the age of 20 has seen to the end of everything and wants desperately to prove the superiority of mind over matter. With a decades-spanning but tightly-knit plot, written in an expansive style, Major Arcana canvasses America&’s inner life and moral history from coast to coast and across two generations in a delirious saga about art, magic, love, and death. Originally serialized on the author&’s Substack newsletter, Major Arcana is a novel about the transformative power of popular culture. With a nod to Michael Chabon&’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, and for fans of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Pistelli reimagines the expansive novel for the 21st century.
Major Monster Mess (Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol #6)
by Victor Rivas Andres MiedosoIt’s Desmond and Andres versus creepy monster lunch ladies in the sixth book of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!Usually the cafeteria is where good food goes to meet its maker, but at Kersville Elementary, lunchtime is a little different. For starters, the food is delicious and they serve dessert every day! But there’s one important thing to remember—Monsters cook great food, but they have to eat, too! With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.
Make Great Decisions Christian Workbook for Teen Girls: A Practical & Biblical Guide to Choices that Matter
by Jocasta OdomGive a teen the scriptural guidance and support she needs to make good choicesBecoming a teenager is an incredible time in a girl's life—one filled with change, possibility, and lots of new decisions. The Make Great Decisions Workbook for Christian Teen Girls will help your teen make choices she'll be proud of by providing her with a place to reflect and communicate with God every day.What makes the Make Great Decisions Workbook for Christian Teen Girls stand out from other devotionals for women and teen girl books:Daily devotionals for great decisions—Teens face numerous choices every day, like whether they'll check social media, or how long they'll study for a biology test. These inspirational Bible quotes will empower and inspire them to make sound decisions about school, friends, family, romance, and more.Faith-driven prompts—They'll complete exercises like writing a personal prayer they can call on whenever they need it, setting short- and long-term goals, and thinking about who their true friends are and why.A place to get creative—This book provides ample space to doodle, sketch, and color as they explore their thoughts and feelings because sometimes, spiritual growth is expressed beyond words.Help the teen girl in your life grow into the extraordinary young woman God created her to be with the Make Great Decisions Workbook for Christian Teen Girls.
Making Love
by Nancy Holder Melanie Tem"A novel of sex and horror," this book is not so much about the physical act of "Making Love," but the unexplainable manner of "making people" to love--a man, two girl toddlers, eight almost identical young boys... Once Charlotte Tobias was a prim and severe schoolteacher, wielding her red pencil, writing to imaginary lovers and hiding the letters in a closet. Then, on the night of her fortiety birthday, Charlotte dreamed of love, and her life would never be the same again. He came to her, her own creation, bold and dark, naked and rippling with muscles. She named him Phanes. She gave him poetry and curiosity, and let him make love to her in ways and places she could never have imagined. She let him awaken her and change her and take her to the edge of her fantasies... But now Charlotte is losing control of her perfect lover. Her creation is leading her on a voyage through madness and anger and loss, revealing to Charlotte what truths lie just beyond her consciousness, what horrors can grow in the absence of a soul...
Making Money: A Discworld Novel (Moist von Lipwig #2)
by Terry Pratchett“Outlandish fun. . . . Making Money balances satire, knockabout farce and close observation of human—and non-human—foibles with impressive dexterity and deceptive ease. The result is another ingenious entertainment from the preeminent comic fantasist of our time.”—Washington PostThe hero of Going Postal has an even more dangerous job than the mail: overseeing the tanking Royal Bank and the printing of Ankh-Morpork’s first paper currency in this brilliant installment in New York Times bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett’s beloved Discworld series.The Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork is facing a crisis, and who better to manage it than the man who turned around Ankh-Morpork’s inefficient Post Office, former arch-swindler-turned-Postmaster General Moist von Lipwig. Lord Vetinari once again makes Moist an offer he can’t refuse: resuscitate the venerable Royal Mint.The bank has many problems: the chief cashier is almost certainly a vampire, the elderly chairman and her two loaded crossbows needs a daily walkie, there’s something strange happening in the cellar, and running the Royal Mint is costing a mint.As Moist begins to make some ambitious changes, he accrues some dangerous enemies. Everyone knows money is power—and certain stakeholders will do anything to keep a firm grip on both . . .The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but Making Money is the second book in the Moist von Lipwig series. The full series, in order, includes:Going PostalMaking MoneyRaising Steam
Making and Remaking Horror in the 1970s and 2000s: Why Don't They Do It Like They Used To?
by David RocheIn Making and Remaking Horror in the 1970s and 2000s author David Roche takes up the assumption shared by many fans and scholars that original horror movies are more “disturbing,” and thus better than the remakes. He assesses the qualities of movies, old and recast, according to criteria that include subtext, originality, and cohesion. With a methodology that combines a formalist and cultural studies approach, Roche sifts aspects of the American horror movie that have been widely addressed (class, the patriarchal family, gender, and the opposition between terror and horror) and those that have been somewhat neglected (race, the Gothic, style, and verisimilitude). Containing seventy-eight black-and-white illustrations, the book is grounded in a close comparative analysis of the politics and aesthetics of four of the most significant independent American horror movies of the 1970s—The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Hills Have Eyes, Dawn of the Dead, and Halloween—and their twenty-first-century remakes. To what extent can the politics of these films be described as “disturbing” insomuch as they promote subversive subtexts that undermine essentialist perspectives? Do the politics of the film lie on the surface or are they wedded to the film's aesthetics? Early in the book, Roche explores historical contexts, aspects of identity (race, ethnicity, and class), and the structuring role played by the motif of the American nuclear family. He then asks to what extent these films disrupt genre expectations and attempt to provoke emotions of dread, terror, and horror through their representations of the monstrous and the formal strategies employed? In this inquiry, he examines definitions of the genre and its metafictional nature. Roche ends with a meditation on the extent to which the technical limitations of the horror films of the 1970s actually contribute to this “disturbing” quality. Moving far beyond the genre itself, Making and Remaking Horror studies the redux as a form of adaptation and enables a more complete discussion of the evolution of horror in contemporary American cinema.
Malas Especies
by T. D. ClareMalas especies es una novela de genero cruzado, parte ciencie ficcion, parte horror. Es a veces violento,inquietante y a veces bella y cautivadora. Es una historia contada en formato de diario, de un grupo de humanos que se encuentran en un aspero y nuevo mundo, sufriendo experimentos, forzados a criar familia, y torturados. Frecuentemente se les prohibe todo contacto humano, o a comunicarse entre ellos. Cada personaje intenta sobrevivir a su propia manera, batallando con sus cuerpos, pensamientos y memorias.
Malcolm: A Romance (The Cullen Collection #16)
by George MacDonaldA masterpiece of mystery and spiritual power from one of the Victorian era&’s greatest writers, the Scottish author who inspired C. S. Lewis. This towering 1875 novel, set in the Scottish fishing village of Cullen, is considered by many as George MacDonald&’s fictional masterwork. The intricate tale is more true to place than any of MacDonald&’s books. As Malcolm is drawn into the web of secrets surrounding majestic Lossie House, with the marquis of Lossie and his tempestuous daughter Florimel at the center of them, we meet some of MacDonald&’s most memorable characters. Through them Malcolm must unravel many mysteries that hang over the town and its people—and himself. The Scottish dialect is more impenetrable than in many of MacDonald&’s other Scottish novels, and has been translated into readable English in this newly updated edition by MacDonald&’s biographer Michael Phillips. Calling it a &“masterpiece of plot, drama, mystery, characterization, and spiritual depth,&” it was Malcolm which in the 1970s set Phillips on his life&’s-work to acquaint the world with MacDonald&’s forgotten legacy through new editions of MacDonald&’s work. Phillips says, &“Malcolm is always an ideal choice for new readers to begin a deeper acquaintance with MacDonald,&” especially as it is set in the locale from which The Cullen Collection of new editions derives its name. Phillips&’s lengthy informative introduction sets Malcolm&’s story colorfully into the context of MacDonald&’s two 1870s visits to Cullen. Phillips also provides readers new to the works of MacDonald with a historical overview of the Scotsman&’s writing and significance.
Maledette lacrime di sangue
by Jesús Salas y Lourdes DelgadoCastrolobos, un paese sperduto nel nord della Spagna dove avvengono sparizioni misteriose ed eventi mistici. Dopo il ritrovamento del corpo di una giornalista, l’emittente televisiva impegnata nei reportage sulle lacrime di sangue della Vergine di Llercia invia altri giornalisti per indagare sull’accaduto e per cercare di far andare poi in onda un servizio che riguarda il mistero che avvolge questi eventi mistici riguardanti le lacrime della madonna. Nel frattempo, la polizia brancola nel buio e, dopo il ritrovamento del corpo di un altro giornalista e la scomparsa di una sua collega, un investigatore della Chiesa inizia a fare luce su quella situazione così occulta e talvolta perversa.
Maleficio (Flash Relatos)
by Marguerite YourcenarLa maldad, ¿nace o se crea? ¿Hasta qué punto la opinión de los demás convierte a alguien en malvado? La terrible enfermedad de Amande no tiene cura. Tras visitar a médicos y especialistas su vida se disuelve sin que su familia encuentre otra solución que ponerla en manos de Cattanéo d'Aigues, un curandero que afirma tener la cura al maleficio que consume a la joven. En una habitación oscura y cargada de un ambiente opresivo, Cattanéo realizará un ritual que desatará los sentimientos más extremos de cada uno de los participantes en el ritual, en un final tan sorprendente como perverso.
Maleficio (Los Jet De Plaza And Janes Ser. #Vol. 102)
by Stephen KingUna obra escalofriante que hará estremecerse a los más doctos en la literatura de terror del maestro Stephen King. Como buen americano, Billy Halleck es un hombre a la vez favorecido y perjudicado por la buena vida estadounidense: por un lado posee una buena casa, una familia feliz y una exitosa carrera como abogado; pero por el otro padece sobrepeso (le sobran más de 20 quilos) y su doctor no deja de recordarle que debería controlarlo si no quiere acabar con un ataque al corazón. Un mal día, debido a un accidente por conducción temeraria, Billy acaba con la vida de una gitana que estaba cruzando la calle. El anciano padre de la fallecida decide vengarse: sorprende a Billy a la salida de los juzgados y, acariciándole la cara, pronuncia las palabras «más delgado». Tras seis semanas y cuarenta quilos menos, Billy Halleck se convierte en un desecho humano. En el colmo de la desesperación, intenta encontrar una solución jugando con las fuerzas de la vida y de la muerte... La crítica ha dicho...«Maleficio amenaza el ánimo del lector hasta la última página.»Publishers Weekly
Maleficium
by David Homel Fred A. Reed Martine DesjardinsMartine Desjardins delivers to readers of Maleficium the unexpurgated revelations of Vicar Jerome Savoie, a heretic priest in nineteenth century Montreal. Braving threats from the Catholic Church, Savoie dares to violate the sanctity of the confessional in this confession-within-a-confession, in which seven penitents, each afflicted with a debilitating malady or struck with a crippling deformity, relates his encounter with an enigmatic young woman whose lips bear a striking scar.As these men penetrate deep into the exotic Orient, each falls victim to his own secret vice. One treks through Ethiopia in search of wingless locusts. Another hunts for fly-whisks among the clove plantations of Zanzibar. Yet others bargain for saffron in a Srinagar bazaar, search for the rarest frankincense, and pursue the coveted hawksbill turtle in the Sea of Oman. Two more seek the formula for sabon Nablus in Palestine or haggle over Persian carpets in the royal gardens of Shiraz. The men's individual forms of punishment, revealed through the agency of the young woman, are wrought upon their bodies.Baroque in its complexity, Kafka-like in its inexorable mechanics, Maleficium by turns astonishes, amuses, and beguiles. Then author Martine Desjardins's Vicar Savoie-as in any confession worth its communion wafer-saves the best (or worst) for last.Maleficium won the Prix Jacques Brossard and was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award (French Fiction), the Prix des libraires du Québec, the Prix des cinq continents de la Francophonie, and the Prix France-Québec.
Malevolent: A Kendra Spark Novel (A Kendra Spark Novel #2)
by S. Peters DavisKendra Spark, suspense-mystery romance author and communicator with the dead. Jenna Powers, ghostified criminal analyst, sticks close to the case as she and Kendra are also marked by the same malevolent supernatural force. Derek Knight, lead FBI Agent on this case, learns of the malevolent entity and the deeper paranormal realm of danger. Kendra’s unfiltered feelings for Derek struggle to take a backseat, and as the menacing threat grows more intense, so does her passion for Derek. Derek faces uncertainties he’s never dealt with in his past, like malicious entities and the loss of his heart to love. How can he protect Kendra against forces he can’t see? As boundless supernatural danger intertwines with the future reality of the trafficked teens, Kendra and Jenna realize only they can shoulder the rescue by calling in a voodoo priestess…
Malice of Crows (The\shadow Ser. #3)
by Lila BowenThe sequel to Conspiracy of Ravens and third novel in Lila Bowen's widely-acclaimed Shadow series.The Ranger known as Rhett has shut down a terrible enterprise running on the blood of magical folk, but failed to catch the dark alchemist behind it. And now the Shadow refuses to let him rest.Rhett must make the ultimate transformation if he has any hope of stopping the alchemist or fulfilling his destiny; he must become the leader of a new Rangers outpost. But to save his friends, and the lives of countless others, Rhett will first have to lead the Rangers on a mission more dangerous than anything they've ever faced. The ShadowWake of VulturesConspiracy of RavensMalice of Crows
Malice of Crows: The Shadow, Book Three (The Shadow #3)
by Lila Bowen'I don't care what else you've seen in the bookstore today. Read this one' Kevin Hearne on Wake of Vultures'I enjoyed the hell out of it' Patrick Rothfuss on Wake of Vultures'Quite simply, brilliant. A mind-bending mix of history, fantasy and folklore, it's a wild bronco of a read that'll leave you breathless for more' Rachel Caine on Wake of Vultures 'Weird and wonderful . . . Hot damn, this book is good' Chuck Wendig on Wake of VulturesThe Ranger known as Rhett has shut down a terrible enterprise running on the blood and bones of magical folk, but failed to destroy the dark alchemist behind it. Now his destiny as the Shadow refuses to let him rest.To save his friends - and the lives of countless others - he'll first have to lead them on a mission more dangerous than anything they've ever faced.Malice of Crows is the gripping third instalment of the acclaimed Shadow series, starring a hero who has been hailed as 'one of the iconic characters of this generation'.
Malicious Intent: A Murderous Collection
by Elizabeth DearlTales for every mood, running the gamut from quirky mystery to chilling horror. When a lifelong friend betrays her trust once too often, an elderly woman plans the ultimate revenge. A young drifter meets a famous artist, with grisly results. A secretary's get-rich-quick scheme backfires. Recently released from a mental institution, a woman fears she's hallucinating -- but is she? A detective makes use of an unusual witness. A woman escapes her coffin for a final farewell. A real estate agent discovers why her best model home is scaring away customers. Is a cache of confederate gold really haunted? Often strange, sometimes startling, always unpredictable, these stories and more await you in Malicious Intent.
Malicroix (Folio Series)
by Henri BoscoFans of the style of William Faulkner will want to read Henri Bosco, four-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Available in English for the first time, Malicroix tells the story of a recluse living in the French countryside, unraveling how he came to a life of solitude.Henri Bosco, like his contemporary Jean Giono, is one of the regional masters of modern French literature, a writer who dwells above all on the grandeur, beauty, and ferocious unpredictability of the natural world. Malicroix, set in the early nineteenth century, is widely considered to be Bosco&’s greatest book. Here he invests a classic coming-of-age story with a wild, mythic glamour. A nice young man, of stolidly unimaginative, good bourgeois stock, is surprised to inherit a house on an island in the Rhône, in the famously desolate and untamed region of the Camargue. The terms of his great-uncle&’s will are even more surprising: the young man must take up solitary residence in the house for a full three months before he will be permitted to take possession of it. With only a taciturn shepherd and his dog for occasional company, he finds himself surrounded by the huge and turbulent river (always threatening to flood the island and surrounding countryside) and the wind, battering at his all-too-fragile house, shrieking from on high. And there is another condition of the will, a challenging task he must perform, even as others scheme to make his house their own. Only under threat can the young man come to terms with both his strange inheritance and himself.
Malorie: A Bird Box Novel
by Josh MalermanIn the thrilling sequel to Bird Box, the inspiration for the record-breaking Netflix film that starred Sandra Bullock and &“absolutely riveted&” Stephen King, New York Times bestselling author Josh Malerman brings unseen horrors to life. &“This sequel is as tense and harrowing as the original, with a new depth that raises the stakes.&”—Riley Sager, author of Lock Every DoorTwelve years after Malorie and her children rowed up the river to safety, a blindfold is still the only thing that stands between sanity and madness. One glimpse of the creatures that stalk the world will drive a person to unspeakable violence.There remains no explanation. No solution.All Malorie can do is survive—and impart her fierce will to do so on her children. Don&’t get lazy, she tells them. Don&’t take off your blindfold. AND DON&’T LOOK.But then comes what feels like impossible news. And with it, the first time Malorie has allowed herself to hope.Someone very dear to her, someone she believed dead, may be alive.Malorie has already lost so much: her sister, a house full of people who meant everything, and any chance at an ordinary life. But getting her life back means returning to a world full of unknowable horrors—and risking the lives of her children again.Because the creatures are not the only thing Malorie fears: There are the people who claim to have caught and experimented on the creatures. Murmerings of monstrous inventions and dangerous new ideas. And rumors that the creatures themselves have changed into something even more frightening.Malorie has a harrowing choice to make: to live by the rules of survival that have served her so well, or to venture into the darkness and reach for hope once more.
Malum. Soul Ravager 3 (Soul Ravager #3)
by Cesarino Bellini ArtioliThe odyssey of Lord Samuel Kainz continues. Hunted by Death, cursed by life, forged by ambition, he knows neither surrender nor defeat. He has no qualms about annihilating anyone or anything that stands between him and his goal. The fate that awaits him is to cancel himself in the oblivion of the afterlife, like all living beings on this earth, but the same will that saved him will lead him far beyond human possibilities. He will sacrifice his life in search of ascension, towards that power that allows him to challenge God and his Horsemen. This will and strength will lead him to the Apotheosis or to the most enormous and ruinous defeat. The time to flee and hide is over, the time has come to make known what a man is capable of who is armed with a strong will and limitless arrogance.
Mamba Point
by Kurtis ScalettaAfter moving with his family to Liberia, twelve-year-old Linus discovers that he has a mystical connection with the black mamba, one of the deadliest snakes in Africa, which he is told will give him some of the snake's characteristics. Includes note by the author about his experiences as a thirteen-year-old American living in Liberia in 1982.
Mammon
by Michael HagueMichael Hague is an American illustrator and writer, primarily of children's fantasy books. He has illustrated such classics such as The Wind in the Willows, The Wizard of Oz, The Hobbit and the stories of Hans Christian Andersen. He is renowned for the intricate and realistic detail he brings to his work, and the rich colors he chooses. A horrifyingly beautiful vampire story, this lavishly illustrated adventure starts on the streets of 1920s London and ends at the gates of Hell.A horrifyingly beautiful vampire story, this lavishly illustrated adventure starts on the streets of 1920s London and ends at the gates of Hell. Writer Jonathan Meeks is captivated by the story of Dracula. On a quest for immortality, to discover if there is truth at the heart of the vampire myth, Meeks discovers there is far more truth in fiction.