The Origin of Dracula
by Irving Belateche
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Between mourning the recent loss of his wife and trying to raise his young son alone, librarian John Grant is barely surviving. And then he receives an anonymous letter promising a terrible revenge--retribution for a childhood sin John had thought long forgotten. The threat couldn't be more cruel: I will kill your precious son on his seventh birthday. Now John's only chance to save his son is to play the "game" his enemy has laid out for him. A game involving clues buried in literary show more fiction. Impossibly, these clues are planted in novels written centuries before John was even born. But soon the line between fact and fiction begins to blur, and the trail of clues forces John into a confrontation with an unimaginable evil. show lessTags
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Author Belateche provides us with a tale reminiscent of Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian, albeit a bit briefer and a bit more accessible.
In this tale, widowed librarian John Grant receives a message threatening the life of his 7-year-old son unless John can identify who it is who is threatening him. He has little more than 48 hours in which to solve the mystery. Trying to unravel the puzzle leads John to relive a night from his childhood when he and his two childhood friends camped out in a Virginia park.
The book involves John's search through vague literary references to identify the mystery killer. Some of the references are fairly cogent, while others seem to stretch the imagination a bit too far; in some cases it seems like the show more solutions to pieces of the puzzle are so vague that their explanation might come off as a bit contrived. As with Kostova's book, Belateche takes the reader on a journey into the past, as John discovers that his son's would-be killer has roots that date back to pre-colonial Virginia.
The book is well written and entertaining. It makes for a nice casual read. show less
In this tale, widowed librarian John Grant receives a message threatening the life of his 7-year-old son unless John can identify who it is who is threatening him. He has little more than 48 hours in which to solve the mystery. Trying to unravel the puzzle leads John to relive a night from his childhood when he and his two childhood friends camped out in a Virginia park.
The book involves John's search through vague literary references to identify the mystery killer. Some of the references are fairly cogent, while others seem to stretch the imagination a bit too far; in some cases it seems like the show more solutions to pieces of the puzzle are so vague that their explanation might come off as a bit contrived. As with Kostova's book, Belateche takes the reader on a journey into the past, as John discovers that his son's would-be killer has roots that date back to pre-colonial Virginia.
The book is well written and entertaining. It makes for a nice casual read. show less
Not for me.
Slow start that did not improve. Tossed at about 20% in. It was a Kindle Unlimited option so that it what earned the two stars.
Slow start that did not improve. Tossed at about 20% in. It was a Kindle Unlimited option so that it what earned the two stars.
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