Schliessmann Larry

In 1288, Edwin Blutleer’s comrades, abandoned him in the searing heat of an Egyptian battlefield. He was rescued not by any living being, but by an inhuman creature who turned his ruined body into the immortal Vampire Blutleer.

Edwin's own cousin, Pierre DeVeze, led the slaughter of Edwin's family to destroy the horrible creature Edwin became.

March 23, 1888 in Hellebrea, England, Edwin is ready to exact his revenge by killing the last of the DeVeze bloodline: all surviving Willingtons including to young boys.

Edwin entrances the mother of those boys, the beautiful Amanda Penderfield Willington. For the third time in his 600-year existence of living death, Edwin succumbs to love for a Penderfield woman. He remains steadfast in his plan to destroy the Willingtons on Easter Sunday, thereby making a mockery of the faith Edwin lost centuries ago, but will his love for Amanda stop him?… (plus d'informations)

The man convicted of killing Ethel Reiser sits in Attica, where he will remain for life unless PI Marlowe Black insists on meddling and finds proof to free him.

The convict's sister, Peggy, convinces Black that the near perfect evidence collected by the police, DNA and all, were fabricated to frame her brother, Reggie Jones.

Ethel’s widower, Perry Reiser, insists that Black not take the case, and when Black refuses to comply, pulls a gun to enforce his demand.

Persian Gulf Vet Michael “Hacker” McKaybees interrupts Perry Reiser’s enraged confrontation with Marlowe Black. Abruptly, Reiser turns his silenced pistol on McKaybees. Before he can fire a single shot, Black, fires a .45 caliper bullet through Reiser’s chest.

Before the shooting, Black tells McKaybees that his decision to help free Jones is based on a gut feeling. McKaybees calls it an act of insanity.

However, Perry Reiser’s rash reaction forces McKaybees to reassess his opinion and he agrees to help his estranged father with an investigation that nearly costs him his life.… (plus d'informations)