Midnight
Harvest
By Chelsea Quinn
Yarbro
Ferenc
Ragoczy le Comte de Saint-German is forced to flee Spain just before
the onset of WWII, but it is not the first time he has left all
he owns behind. For the four thousand years he has walked the earth,
there have been wars and he knows that mankind will continue to
squabble and squeak over what is nothing more than a need to domineer.
His
life as the undead or a vampire has always been exciting; he’s
dodged vampire hunters and men who sought to kill him just because
he is different. His title has been a mark of animosity for all
who have less in life and who despise the rich. Saint-German understands
human nature; after all, he was once one of their kind.
His
flight sends him to Boston in the continental United States and
then across the country to the wine vineyards of California; where
he renews his relationship with Rowena Saxon. The lovely artist
knows him as only a few can and is willing to share a blood bond
with him.
Saint-German
again finds himself on the verge of flight when a man seeking Saint-German’s
death attacks Rowena. When the same man almost kills him, the debonair
and usually laid-back Count seeks revenge. In order to protect Rowena,
he decides to return to the adversity he left in Europe.
Ms.
Yarbro’s novel is a bit different than any vampire books I
have read. Instead of wooing the reader with blood and ghoulish
fiends, she taunts you with a man or creature who is polite, old-worldly
and compassionate. |