Avery Doyle loves vampires; he’s read every novel, seen all the movies, and researched the folklore. When his first one-night-stand, Caroline, turns out to be a true vampire on the run, he jumps at the chance to leave his ordinary life and join her as a “child of the night.” The honeymoon ends, however, when Caroline’s brutal Creator Sebastian enslaves them on his island estate and Avery must confront the dehumanizing reality behind his dreams.
In order to survive, Caroline and Avery take their place as servants in Sebastian’s household during a gathering of the most powerful vampires on Earth, the Hegemony, and soon find themselves involved in the myriad intrigues and deceptions that form the night-to-night existence of The Order.
A society of wealth, power, and inhuman decadence whose existence is protected by human complicity and disbelief, The Order is the immortal aristocracy hidden behind the giant corporations and political leaders of the world. Sebastian, however, has a plan that will change The Order forever and shatter human civilization.
To avoid this terrible fate, Avery and Caroline will not only have to defy the most powerful creatures on Earth, but also confront the darkest aspects of themselves. For in the world of the Hegemony, even victory may cost them their souls . . .
A fast-paced thriller that both re-imagines and pays tribute to the traditional vampire, Ancient Blood is a story of love, ambition, sacrifice, and betrayal that is frighteningly human.
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Excerpt:
She gave me the earring and, as delicately as I could, I pierced one of the smaller arteries at the bottom of her neck. I handed the earring back to her and bent to drink. While I did, she punctured my neck in the same way and put her lips to the wound. This is probably the one major advantage a starving Vampyr has over a starving human, this mutual-cannibalism we can perform. I guess it’s a little like having sex while freezing just to generate bodily warmth, but among Vampyrs, this is considered the purest form of lovemaking. It didn’t have the climactic intensity of sex, but it was a warmer plateau, like riding that pre-orgasmic moment forever. Or, for those of a more gastronomic bent, imagine eating the best chocolate sundae you ever had and never reaching the bottom of the dish and never losing your appetite for it. It made me feel close to her in a way that was impossible with any other form of verbal or physical expression. At that moment, we were literally one being, one system circulating its life between our separate halves.
We fed and kissed and comforted each other for the rest of the night. When sunrise came, we fell into our daytime hibernation coma holding each other.
Kjs Review
Avery knows all about vampires through books, movies and television shows, he meets Caroline one night and figures out she’s a vampire. He tracks her down and asks her to turn him, to him being vampire would be the perfect life. What he doesn’t realize is that there was a lot more to the vampire world than he could have ever imagined.
They are captured by Caroline’s creator and Avery starts to see the intrigue, the double dealings and the power and greed of the Hegemony. He starts to see some of the stark realities of being a vampire and has to use all his wits to try and keep his self and Caroline safe while dealing with the political intrigues.
I would recommend this book to anyone 18 and over, it’s a fresh look at the world of vampires. If you like intrigue and double dealing it’s got more than enough for anyone and well written. I would like to thank Mr. McKinley for the chance to read and review his book!!
They are captured by Caroline’s creator and Avery starts to see the intrigue, the double dealings and the power and greed of the Hegemony. He starts to see some of the stark realities of being a vampire and has to use all his wits to try and keep his self and Caroline safe while dealing with the political intrigues.
I would recommend this book to anyone 18 and over, it’s a fresh look at the world of vampires. If you like intrigue and double dealing it’s got more than enough for anyone and well written. I would like to thank Mr. McKinley for the chance to read and review his book!!
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Brian is a lifelong vampire fan from New Jersey and has written four screenplays, a stage play which won a state-wide contest and was produced by a NJ community theater, and numerous short stories which have been published online in various magazines.
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