Sunrise: Sequel to A Dry Patch of Skin (The Stefan Szekely Tri...

For Stefan Székely it is a fate worse than death: To be dead yet stuck with his dead parents. After 13 years Stefan can endure it no longer. He wants a castle of his own. First he must visit his family’s bank in Budapest. But with endless strife across Europe, Stefan hardly recognizes Budapest, capital of the new Hungarian Federation. Nevertheless, he embarks on his reign as a vampire playboy - until he gets a stern warning from the local vampire gang. Will Stefan fight for his right to party like it's 2027? Or will an encounter with a stranger change everything? As clashes between vampire gangs and State Security escalate, Stefan discovers he might be the key to changing the fate of Europe forever. If he can survive three bloody nights in Budapest. This sequel to A DRY PATCH of SKIN (2014) continues the trials and tribulations of Stefan Székely, Vampire.

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Stephen Swartz grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, where he was an avid reader of science-fiction and quickly began emulating his favorite authors. Even after veering from science-fiction, his stories usually feature exotic lands and foreign languages, strangers lost in familiar places, and the occasional breakfast menu. Along the way, Stephen studied music in college and worked at a wide range of jobs: from French fry guy to soldier, tax agency clerk, and TV station writer, before heading to Japan for several years of teaching English. Stephen is now a Professor of English and has taught writing in New York, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Oklahoma, as well as China. He lives in Oklahoma, where he can be found working on his next novel most evenings and weekends.

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