

Now vampires have begun to hunt in the daylight. Ten years ago four children disappeared while playing near the castle, only to mysteriously reappear a month later. vampires have ruled the Earth for almost 300 years, and it is only these weaknesses that have kept these foul monsters from totally overrunning the world.īut what happens when those rules no longer apply? The village of Tsepesh sits in the eternal shadow of an abandoned castle, a onetime stronghold of the Nobility, the vampire lords who rule the devastated wasteland of the future. Seemingly immortal, they can be destroyed only by the use of a stake through the heart, severing of their heads, or exposure to sunlight. Vampires: murderous creatures in the shape of humans, they stalk the night feeding on the blood of innocents. A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction.200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001.
