June, 1826 was the happiest day of Hugh’s life as he
married his childhood sweetheart Amelia. What started as matrimonial bliss
turned to tragedy as Amelia is slain by a notorious vampire dandy, Levi. Hugh
distraught and heartbroken vowed revenge and began a crusade to rid the world
of vampires, including of course Levi.
His vitriolic hatred of vampires,
all they did and all they stand for led Hugh to take escalating risks.
Miscalculating, one day he finds himself outnumbered and despite valiant efforts
succumbs to the fangs of fate and is doomed to be a vampire forever. Strangely
at this point he feels the warmth of loving sensation of Amelia’s spirit. With her presence and his ingrained vitriol
towards vampires together with a similar minded vampire, Abe they resolve to
enable vampires to live a human like existence free from the night and free
from murderous urges to sate on human blood.
They form an organisation, the
VTLO, to develop, manufacture and distribute products (DLF’s and Nuits). These
products are potentially highly lucrative but are made available free to those
vampires wishing to function and behave in a human like way. Those that don’t
wish to conform to their ideology and maintain the old ways are mercilessly
hunted.
Moving to modern times this exhilarating
novel charts Hugh, Abe and Amelia’s quest to track down nonconformists and the
culprits of several recent human disappearances and massacres. Their path is
crossed by lead detective on the murders DC Lauri Howard and her faithful canine
companion Bear Boy.
In addition to this quest the
potentially highly lucrative VTLO is subject to the attention of several Older
vampires who along with infiltrators, a small army of insatiable new born
vampires and an unwitting Levi mount a concerted battle to acquire the
organisation and reap the billions of earnings from charging for the products.
Will the Olders succeed?
Will Hugh exact revenge on Levi?
What could the consequences of this be for Amelia’s spirit?
Will DC Lauri and Bear Boy stand
with or against Hugh, Abe and Amelia and can they escape the carnage?
Will the world be dominated by
Vampire Oligarchs through mass wealth and power?
These questions and those of the
many intriguing sub plots will leave the reader enthralled and spellbound and are answered in the dynamic and explosive
final chapter.
One question remains. What happened to Lord Cecil Leatherton