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The Golden

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Independent Publishing Group, 2006 - Fiction - 203 pages
Deviating from traditional tales that feature lonely vampires who prowl through human society in search of victims or solace, this account of vampires flourishing in their own "inhuman society" takes place in the year 1860, when their centuries-long breeding experiments have finally produced "The Golden," a mortal whose blood is perfect and powerful. Mobilized by the news of this discovery, aristocratic vampire clans arrive at the looming Castle Banat, where they plan to partake of the sublime blood. To their shock, the guests find that The Golden, a young girl, has been brutally murdered and her blood already drained. The story also follows the Inspector Michael Beheim?a recent vampire?assigned to track down the killer. Recounted in full 19th-century literary style with gothic elements and foreshadowing, the inspector navigates his way through the vampire world and the crime therein.

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User Review  - Outis - Goodreads

Weird. Garish, brillant, ludicrous, insane. To Excess. The reviews aren't conveying how crazy half of this nightmare of a book is. The other half has a logical plot and they didn't always mix too well ... Read full review

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User Review  - Kathryn Tucker - Goodreads

I liked so many aspects of this book, but I'm not sure I liked it as a whole. Many of the scenes were interesting or thought provoking, but the main plot/moral was kind of lame. (view spoiler)[ Love ... Read full review

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About the author (2006)

Lucius Shepard is a two-time winner of the World Fantasy Award and has also received the Hugo, Locus, Nebula, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards for science fiction writing. His work has appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Omni, Playboy, and Spin. He is the author of Green Eyes, A Handbook of American Prayer, and Life During Wartime, and the collected stories in Two Trains Running. He lives in Vancouver, Washington.

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