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Genesis of a Monster
Vlad III Drăcula. A warleader in a warlike time: brilliant, charismatic, pious. But what became of him? What drove him to become a creature of darkness—Bram Stoker's cruel, ambitious "Un-Dead"—and what use did he make of this power, through the centuries?
More than a hundred years after the monster's death, the descendants of the survivors piece together the story—dusty old manuscripts, court reports from the Holy Roman Empire at its height, stories of the Szgany Roma who once served the monster—trying to understand. Because the nightmare is far from over...
Five incredible fantasy authors come together to reveal a side to literature's greatest monster you've never seen before.
Contents
Prologue
The Souls of Those Gone Astray From the Path, Bogi Takács
Noblesse Oblige, Adrian Tchaikovsky
A Stake Too Far, Melina Benini
Children of the Night, Emil Minchev
The Women, Caren Gussoff Sumption
