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Dracula's Child

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Evil never truly dies...and some legends live forever. Years after vanquishing Count Dracula, Jonathan and Mina Harker attempt to reclaim normalcy in England. Yet darkness lingers: Jonathan battles alcoholism, Mina is isolated, and their son Quincy struggles under the weight of their infamous legacy. As old friends gather and tragedy strikes, the fractures in their marriage deepen while a new, sinister force rises from the Continent, entwining love, calamity, and ancient evils once thought slain.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Perfect for fans of classic gothic horror and contemporary supernatural thrillers who appreciate rich character development entwined with dark, atmospheric storytelling.

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Evil never truly dies...and some legends live forever.

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Evil never truly dies...and some legends live forever.

It has been some years since Jonathan and Mina Harker survived their ordeal in Transylvania and, vanquishing Count Dracula, returned to England to try and live ordinary lives. But shadows linger long in this world of blood feud and superstition – and, the older their son Quincy gets, the deeper the shadows that lengthen at the heart of the Harkers' marriage. Jonathan has turned back to drink; Mina finds herself isolated inside the confines of her own family; Quincy himself struggles to live up to a family of such high renown. And when a gathering of old friends leads to unexpected tragedy, the very particular wounds in the heart of the Harkers' marriage are about to be exposed...

There is darkness both within the marriage and without – for, while Jonathan and Mina wrestle with the right way to raise a child while still recovering from the trauma of their past lives, new evil is arising on the Continent. A naturalist is bringing a new species of bat back to London, two English gentlemen, on their separate tours of the continent, find a strange quixotic love for each other, and stumble into a calamity far worse than either has imagined, and the vestiges of something thought long-ago forgotten is, finally, beginning to stir...

Dracula's Child by J. S. Barnes continues the saga, breathing new life into a legendary tale. Dive into a world where the horrors of the past are not easily forgotten, and where new fears begin to take root.

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"This adventurous and dread-inducing tale will have readers hooked," praises Publishers Weekly. Richard T Kelly, acclaimed author, calls it "fiendishly plotted and full of sinister invention," describing Dracula's Child as a passionate homage to Bram Stoker that reimagines the Count's menace for a modern audience.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781789093391

Publisher: Titan Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 September 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Titan Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 368g

Pages: 576

About the Author

Jonathan is the author of Dracula's Child and three other critically acclaimed novels: The Somnambulist, The Domino Men and Cannonbridge (“original and monumentally inventive” - Washington Post). He writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and the Literary Review and is the author of numerous adaptations of classic Victorian novels, including The Invisible Man (starring John Hurt) and Dracula (starring Mark Gatiss). He is married and lives on the fringes of London. Last year, he made a pilgrimage to Transylvania.

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