When centuries-old vampire Baron Rudolfo Zginski was staked in Wales 1915, the last thing he expected was to reawaken in Memphis, Tennessee, sixty years later. Reborn into a new world of simmering racial tensions, the cunning Nosferatu realizes he must adapt quickly if he is to survive. Finding willing victims is easy, as Zginski possesses all the powers of the undead, including the ability to sexually enslave anyone he chooses. Hoping to learn how his kind copes with this bizarre new era, Zginski tracks down a nest of teenage vampires. But these young vampires have little knowledge of their true nature, having learned most of what they know from movies like Blacula.
Forming an uneasy alliance with the young vampires, Zginski begins to teach them the truth about their powers. They must learn quickly, for there's a new drug on the street - a drug to its source, they may be unwittingly stepping into a fifty-year-old trap that can destroy them all...
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Actually the books description matches pretty well so there isn't much that can be added without going further into details.
I didn't like the book for several reasons. Besides the vampires being the real bad boys, which actually is delightful after the vampire romance flood that came over us, the story lacks the excitement the description promised.
I was highly irritated because the author constantly reminded the reader about racial issues between Caucasian and African-American. Now I understand the book plays in a different time, where things might have been different in Memphis, Tennessee but as a reader I don't want to be badgered by it.
There is nothing unique in this story except that it feels unripe.
Rating:
Visit Alex Bledsoe.
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Tor Books; 1 edition (April 28, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765321963
ISBN-13: 978-0765321961
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