Castle of Blood (The Dark Castellan)

Henri should have never opened that letter. (Sample chapters are available on my Author Profile under "Author Updates.")1903-- there have been reports of mutilated swine and bovine in the southeast rural region of France. Henri Le Brun, a former investigator, is harassed out of retirement to look into the matter, cynical of the ritualistic nature of the sacrifices. Ominous powers are at play in the rural community of Picon. There are rumors that a vampyr runs amok in the countryside. Paranoia blooms on every property as occultish arson and human sacrifice soon accompany the crucified hogs. Along his journey, he meets the Russian-American Ulysses Malevich, a former frontiersman-turned-treasure-seeker who now searches for Carmelia, the unkillable ghost-witch who now stalks Henri’s mirrors. To investigate such vile acts of violence and desecration, Henri must inundate himself in the realm of unnatural evil. Will he walk away from the affair or will the temptation of the vampyr’s bite be too great? And is he willing to summon the Dark Castellan and walk the haunted halls of the mysterious citadel in order to accomplish his goals?This is a gothic horror mystery novel written in the style of classical prose for fans of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and HP Lovecraft’s pantheonic ouvre.

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