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Chicago police detective Tom Keogh investigates a series of bizarre murders and becomes involved with vampires, sorcerers, and the deadly fight to gain control of a magical sword.Tags
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This should have been the end of the series; it's hard to imagine how Saberhagen could top the climatic confrontation in this book. Dracula is seeking a famous relic of ages past, and having to fight both foes and potential allies until the truth is revealed.
As well written as "Thorn", I didn't like the story line quite as much, so it got 3 stars. It was good. This time we revisited the Arthurian legend from a unique perspective. Well worth reading.
This book almost seems like it wasn’t written by Saberhagen. Apart from the language being written differently, there were several spelling errors, and I can’t remember any errors in any of his other books. It wasn’t terribly exciting either. It was a bit disappointing, and makes me wonder if he had it ghost-written by someone else…
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Author Fred Saberhagen was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 18, 1930. Before writing full time, he served in the Air Force, worked as an electronics technician, and wrote and edited for the Encyclopaedia Britannica. His first novel, The Golden People, was published in 1964. He has written science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and historical show more fantasy. The novel Berserker was published in 1967 and became the first book in his popular Berserker series. His company, Berserker Works, Ltd., has produced several computer games based on his characters. He died on June 29, 2007. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1982
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- Dracula (Vlad Dracula | Vampire); Mr. Talisman; Joe Keogh; Charley Snider; Kate Southerland; Simon Hill (show all 17); Margie Hilbert; Gregory Wedderburn; Hildegard Littlewood; Saul Littlewood; Vivian Littlewood; Nimue; Merlin Ambrosius; Jim Wallis; Emily Wallis; Pierre Arnaud; Artos (King Arthur)
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- Chicago, Illinois, USA; England, UK; Europe; France; Illinois, USA; USA
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