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The Blood and the Raven: A Tale of Vampires

The Blood and the Raven: A Tale of Vampires Book 2 A group of teenagers spend a night amongst the ruins of an old priory, taking turns to scare one other with a tale of horror, each one more scary than the last. When it comes to Seth, the last storyteller, he is reluctant to tell the story, because once the tale has been told, those who hear it, will begin to die. His friends think Seth is bluffing - but is he in fact, telling the truth? To find out, you must dare to read the tale of The Blood and The Raven. * About A Tale of Vampires Series: A seven book chronicle of the lives of a group of vampires, each book in the series explores their unique gift, and their take on the living, the dead, and the undead. * Love the Tale of Vampires books? Complete the series!! Recommended reading order Prequel : Dawn of the New Breed I: Murderous Little Darlings (a FREE novella on Amazon) II: The Blood and the Raven (FREE to subscribers on my VIP Readers Group) III: Innocent While She Sleeps IV: Dream the Crow's Black Dream V: Reunion of the Blood VI: Our Hearts Go to their Graves (new for 2020) VII: The Final Tale of Vampires Story (release date TBA) The Blood and the Raven could be considered a gothic type / dark fantasy horror. When you're finished reading this go straight to Innocent While She Sleeps. Find out what happens to characters from Murderous Little Darlings in this vampire thriller. If you are a fan of fast-paced, action-packed vampire stories that combine horror and murder with dramatic twists and turns, then 'The Blood and the Raven' is for you. Critics say Book 2 in the Tale of Vampires Series sees the author ‘bringing back the true Vampire to fiction.’ In it, John Hennessy delivers another solid and intricately plotted vampire thriller. The Blood and the Raven - A Tale of Vampires Book 2: Focussed for 90-Minute Teen & Young Adult Short Reads Dark, scary, and thrilling, The Blood and the Raven will leave readers wanting for more as the intricate plot evolves with each book in the series. * The vampire classic from British Irish Horror author John Hennessy ˃˃˃ Discover what other readers already know " John Hennessy is something of an authority on the true essence of vampires and points out that this story is strictly in the tradition of vampires as cold-blooded killers, as depicted by Bram Stoker's Dracula, rejecting later misrepresentations of vampires as seductive romancers. For those who love their horror starkly terrifying and dark, you won't find a better exponent of this art of story telling than Mr Hennessy.." James Duncan, Author of Serendipity " A dark, creepy, disturbing novella length read to take in on a dark, rainy night with a nice glass of red wine. Keep your neck well covered." Maxine – Booklover Catlady “Do read this book, if you want to experience fear in a whole new level." Aditi Saha – Book Stop Corner, Liebster Award Winner

About the Author

John Hennessy is a young adult / new adult novelist whose preferred writing genre is horror, and has authored the Dark Winter series as well as the fantasy epic Stormling. A huge fan of the paranormal, he will actively visit reported ghost haunts and it could be said that they served as inspiration for his debut fiction novel; Dark Winter: The Wicca Circle. Inbetween writing Book Two of the series, Dark Winter: Crescent Moon, he released the fantasy epic Stormling, which is the first book of the Mordana Chronicles. New for 2014: - Stormling (fantasy) Dark Winter: Crescent Moon (paranormal horror - YA to Adult) Murderous Little Darlings (vampire horror / dark comedy series) The first short story he ever wrote brought together Fagan, Lizzie Bennett, Sherlock Holmes and Dracula, which despite impressing his long suffering English teacher, thankfully remains unpublished. For recreation he will visit paranormal hotspots, but prefers to write about ghosts rather than meet them. He also believes almost any problem can be overcome so long as there is an inexhaustible supply of tea and biscuits. He also has an obsession with Batman and anything Gotham. In 2015, the short novella horror The Blood and the Raven: A Tale of Vampires, Book Two, the final Dark Winter story will be released, as will a new suspense / horror thriller entitled Clara's Song. In his own words: "I write because I love to write, create something from nothing. If people love that too, be the few or many, I am delighted to know this, each and every time. I love to connect and hear from fellow authors, readers, anyone who loves books. A writer can never feel lonely if he has this most unique of support groups!

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