Mortimer Moorecook, retired Wall Street raider, avid collector, is
losing his fight against cancer. With weeks to live, a package arrives
at the door of his hillside mansion--an artifact he paid millions
for...a hominoid skull with elongated teeth, discovered in a farmer's
field in the Romanian countryside. With Shanna, his beautiful research
assistant looking on, he sinks the skull's razor sharp fangs into his
neck, and immediately goes into convulsions.
A rural hospital. A slow night in the ER. Until Moorecook arrives
strapped to a gurney, where he promptly codes and dies.
Four well-known horror authors pool their penchants for scares and
thrills, and tackle one of the greatest of all legends, with each writer
creating a unique character and following them through a vampire
outbreak in a secluded hospital.
The goal was simple: write the most intense novel they possibly could.
Which they did. A Word of Warning: Within this story, you will find no
black capes, no satin-lined coffins, no brooding heartthrobs who want to
talk about your feelings. Forget sunlight and stakes. Throw out your
garlic and your crosses. This is the Anti-Twilight.
