Synopses & Reviews
Beginning in the 600s, Spain's old blood rituals of animal sacrifice were replaced by the new gods of Christianity and Islam, who demanded no less obedience and allegiance. Saint-Germain becomes trapped in this cauldron of blood, fear, and faith when, he makes a vampire of the beautiful, haughty, tempestuous Csimenae.
Csimenae kills without mercy. She makes vampires without a second thought; and they,
For five hundred years, as waves of war and religion sweep over Spain, Csimenae hunts until her marauding, willful ways expose her vampiric nature. Saint-Germain's centuries of life have taught him that to fall out of step with history is to risk the True Death, a fate Saint-Germain wishes for none of his kind. He must try to save Csimenae-and her clan-but at what price?
Review
"Chelsea Quinn Yarbro has created a character who makes other vampires pale in comparison. A bewitching tale." --
The Washington Post"She has deepened and clarified and brought into focus what she's been up to all these years. I have never seen the Count more clearly, nor liked him more, nor better understood the subtleties of what Yarbro's been up to all along. A wonderfully entertaining book." --Gahan Wilson in Realms of Fantasy
Review
"Chelsea Quinn Yarbro has created a character who makes other vampires pale in comparison. A bewitching tale." --
The Washington Post"She has deepened and clarified and brought into focus what she's been up to all these years. I have never seen the Count more clearly, nor liked him more, nor better understood the subtleties of what Yarbro's been up to all along. A wonderfully entertaining book." --Gahan Wilson in Realms of Fantasy
About the Author
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's interests range from music--she composes and has studied seven different instruments as well as voice--to history, from horseback riding to needlepoint. Her writing is similarly wide-ranging; under her own name and pseudonyms, she has written everything from westerns to mysteries, from science fiction to nonfiction history.
Yarbro's critically-acclaimed historical horror novels featuring the Count Saint-Germain, including Hotel Transylvania, A Feast in Exile, Communion Blood, and Night Blooming, have a loyal readership. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro has always lived in California and currently makes her home in the Berkeley area.