Simon Magus: The First Vampire (Magus Malefactus)

When Simon Magus, a magician with Messianic ambitions and a rival of St. Peter who is mentioned in the New Testament, gives orders to have himself buried alive, he promises to arise as a god. Instead, he awakens as an immortal being with terrible powers and a thirst for human blood. SIMON MAGUS: THE FIRST VAMPIRE unfolds his adventure of self-discovery and quest for asylum and power, as he is pursued by the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church. SIMON MAGUS: THE FIRST VAMPIRE is the fast-moving, magical, horror story of a Middle Eastern sorcerer and cult leader from Biblical times. Simon cuts a picaresque swathe through the world, turning a chosen few into his companion vampires, and running afoul of the established powers of the magical and conventional worlds, all the while exchanging his continued life for the blood of those he kills. The sweeping story takes him through the centuries, from Rome, to Transylvania, to Basque, and finally to England Populated by a colorful assembly of vampire friends and consorts, heroic Churchmen, Roman generals, magicians, and even witches, demons, and goddesses, SIMON MAGUS: THE FIRST VAMPIRE is filled with surprises, building to a tense, thrilling blow off in which Simon Magus escapes from a showdown with the forces of the Church by outracing the rising Sun.

About the Author

Bennett Alan Weinberg, Esq., is the author of The World of Caffeine: The Science and Culture of the World's Most Popular Drug (Routledge), the leading trade and reference book about caffeine, and The Caffeine Advantage: How to Sharpen Your Mind, Improve Your Physical Performance, and Achieve Your Goals- the Healthy Way (Simon & Schuster), the leading self-help book about caffeine. These award-winning books have been praised by leaders of popular and literary culture around the world and translated into Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Korean, and Indonesian. Weinberg has been a guest on many news programs and documentaries, including feature television appearances on CBS News "Sunday Morning" and FOX News "Health and Fitness," and a radio interview on NPR "Morning Edition with Scott Simon." In addition, he has participated in dozens of other major broadcasts and print interviews. Weinberg has also been a professor of cultural history, an attorney, and a consulting writer for Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and consumer companies.

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