The Delicate Dependency
Michael Talbot
406 pages
ISBN: 038077982X
Publisher: Avon Books
Pub. Date: March 1982

Synopsis:
They are cool to the touch and alluringly beautiful in their ageless youth. Their laughter seduces, their brillance beguiles, and their fathomless eyes are the eyes which transfix... The secrets they guard are rendered in the iron doors and gothic traceries of Notre Dame. Their arts and science are the light of civilization. Their consciousness, so old, so vastly superior, stands vigil over human progress. They were the illuminati. THey are the vampire. The players in this story are: Dr. John Gladstone, a fashionable London virologist on the verge of altering history; his elder daughter Ursula, enticed by the lure of immortality; his younger daughter Camille, berift of reason, bestowed with genius; and the Lady Hespeth, whose obsession is a mask of the unimaginable. Their world as they know it will begin to dissolve in illusion and terror from the moment a young Italian falls beneath Dr. Gladstone's carriage. For Niccolo is the androgynous angel painted centuries ago in da Vinci's Madonna of the Rocks. Now he beckons. And they must follow him past teh certainties of their mortal reality, through mysteries shrouded in horror, into the phantasmagoric eternity of sensuous, heady delight which is the life of the vampire.

Synopsis:
This graphic novel is based on Blood: The Last Vampire, once the fastest-selling title in the history of Manga Entertainment. Benkyo Tamaoki updates this Vietnam War–era anime story to present-day Japan. The immortal Saya returns — still clad in her trademark sailor suit and armed with an ancient Samurai sword — to continue her holy war against the vampiric Chiropterans. Like Buffy the Vampire Slayer in tone but with graphic violence, this book is recommended for mature readers.

When his immortal and pregnant lover Deirdre Griffin mysteriously vanishes, vampire Mitch scours the dark streets and cemeteries of New Orleans to save her and their unborn child from harm.

Synopsis:
Allow me to intorduce myself. My name is Deirdre Griffin and I'm a vampire. Naturally, I didn't choose to become one and I've spent the last few centuries trying to track down the vampire who converted me. Currently I'm living in Manhattan, making my living as a successful dress designer. I spend my evenings at the Ballroom of Romance, a popualr nightclub, where I satisfy my blood lust with weekly feedings. Unlike other vampires, I never drain my victims. But not all vampires are as civilaized as I. It seems there's another on the loose, only this one is draining hsi victims - and pointing the finger of suspicion at me! Now, nightlife in Manhattan's fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be - especially when you're accused of murder. What's a woman to do? If you're a vampire like me, you use your feminine wiles to hunt him down - and show him how much deadlier the female of the species can be!

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Remember me? Deidre Griffin, vampire? As you may recall, I didn't want to be one, but in matters of blood, a woman doesn't always have a choice. After living in London for the past two years, I'm finally back in my favorite city. But life in New York's no picnic in the park. It seems that a group of vampires want revenge against me for killing their leader. What's worse, they're using my ex-lover, Detective Mitch Greer, as bait. If you'll remember, Mitch and I never had a chance because he couldn't accept my unusual night life. But now he's going to have to. Because the only way I can save Mitch is by converting him. Knowing what a drag immortality can be, I don't know what to do. If I don't change Mitch into a vampire, he'll die; if I do, he'll hate me for all eternity. All of this is leaving a bad taste in my mouth. A good man is hard to find, but finding a good vampire is even harder!

Synopsis:
Hello, it's me again: Deirdre Griffin, vampire. When we last met, my lover, Detective Mitch Greer, had finally given in and become one of us. We had moved to London to begin a new life together. Now we're back on teh streets of New York - our old feeding ground - at the request of The Cadre, a secret society of ancient vampires, because another series of shocking murders is taking place. At first, it was believed there was a rogue vampire on the loose. But it turns out the guy isn't just killing humans... he's also killing vampires. It's hard to believe that a vampire would want to kill one of its own, but sometimes immortality will do that to a guy - push him right over the edge. Now it's going to take all my powers - as a vampire and as a woman - to stay one jump ahead of this bloodthirsty murderer. And this time around, Mitch and I aren't the hunters... we're also the prey!

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For one hundred years, I've roamed the world, taking what I needed from my victims, killing if necessary. But I've never known real fear until now. She is coming. The scent of my blood is drawing her to me. And soon, I will face the only enemy I cannot defend against - my daughter... Lily. Interesting name my mother gave me - just like the lilies she left on my grave. She abandoned me once, but I made my way back into the living. For years, I've had only one, consuming goal - revenge. Already, Deirdre's nearest and dearest recognize our uncanny resemblance, including her lover, Mitch Greer... A mother haunted by a decades-old mistake. A daughter seeking revenge. In a bloody game of retribution that races from the wilds of Maine to the gothic, fantastical streets of New Orleans and the vampire underworld of Manhattan, the hunter becomes the hunted...

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Melissa heard the stories of the lonely boy on the edge of town, and what he does at night. She knows the stories are true. Now she shares his secret... and his desires. And people are dying - mysteriously - in the town of Hanesburg. No one could have known their final breath was one of exquisite pleasure. No one could see the living nightmare that had seduced the town. Not even Melissa could fully comprehend the changes within herself... Until it was time to feed.

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An opalescent sun sets behind the ragged black cliffs of the Northwest. The women, sated from a full season of feeding, hibernate while the precarious convoy carrying them moves south. The reckoning awaits. He is a creature of disappointment and disillusionment, one of the weaker sex, shadowed by a dream that will not go away. His one faith, his only faith, is family. But on this journey south his faith will unravel. In this twilight, the vampire tribe's caravan hurtles toward an uncertain future. THeir fearsome legacy will be challenged by a son who must overcome his great weakness to save an innocent from the terrible secret of his blood brethren.

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A DESIRE BEYOND REASON: AS a vampire, Elijah Pike (alias Roger Niemann) has been a slave to instinct - consuming human blood to satisfy an unquenchable thirst. As a doctor, he relies on his intellect in the pursuit of a cure that will end not only his craving, but also the deadly urges of others like him. AN APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION: Master vampire Michael Morpheus's last encounter with Pike, in the LA bayou, left him disfigured and consumed by hatred for those he considers traitors to the race. He went underground to lick his wounds - and to gather an army of evil that will follow him in his quest for vengeance. A CALL TO ARMS: Pike knows that the fate of innocent mortals depends upon his victory in a battle against his own kind - one in which no mercy can be shown. Now, in the frozen wilderness of the Canadian Rockies, he'll face Morpheus once more - and the snow will be stained with blood...

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The bats were still there. They were a black mass on the body. But behind them stood a tall man, a pale, ghastly spectre, covered from head to foot in a black cloak. He raised his white face to mine. His eyes were crimson and luminous. There was blood on his chin and his lips were curled back in a mocking smile. I knew that face. It floated back from my childhood. It was now a hellish face, but its features were unmistakable; and I gazed out of terror and despair at the face of my father. Indeed, it was Dracula!

Synopsis:
He is a nameless boy who has not been able to die for 5000 years. Nor can he grow up. And he has an enemy - a woman - who has been following and fighting him under many disguises, driven by one wish: to finish him once and for all.

Synopsis:
He is a nameless boy who has not been able to die for 5000 years. Nor can he grow up. And he has an enemy - a woman - who has been following and fighting him under many disguises, driven by one wish: to finish him once and for all.