"Witty irreverent and serio-comic urban fantasy"
Nobody knows quite what the Doman of the East Coast
Enclave of Vampires actually is. A blood transfusion gave
Chris one of the two viruses need to become a vampire but
the donor never gave him the other virus found in his
saliva. At best the master vampires, who want to challenge
his position as Doman, thinks he is a hybrid but every day
Chris is becoming more like a vampire. However, the
werewolf, vampire and Loa blood he has drunk has changed
him in ways that make him subtly different from a creature
who is supposed to be a vampire. Dr. Pipt wants Chris's blood because he thinks it is the
last step in his quest for immortality; he sends a
cybernetic monster to collect it but Chris and his
bodyguards kill it. His pregnant werewolf vampire can't
abide his touch because the silver in his body has become
stronger and dangerous to her. He travels to New York to
consolidate his power base but is almost killed by a
traitor. Next he takes an astral journey to the home of
Dr. Pipt to retrieve something that the mad scientist has
that rightfully belongs to him while fighting this human
evil who performs atrocities worse than any of the ugly
deeds the monsters commit. Wm. Mark Williams has written another witty irreverent and
serio-comic urban fantasy novel starring a hero that is
easy to like. He wants to be a Doman not for the power but
for the chance to convince the vampire not to kill humans
when they drink their blood or turn them into creatures
like themselves. There is plenty of action just as there
are plenty of laughs because the protagonist can't take
his situation too seriously because if he does, he knows
the stress of being a target and wondering what he will
eventually evolve into would make him useless to himself
and those who depend on and believe in him. Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted October 15, 2005
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted January 25, 2007
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