A THRILLING REINVENTION OF THE VAMPIRE NOVEL BY THE MASTER OF MODERN
FANTASY, GEORGE R. R. MARTIN
Abner Marsh, a struggling riverboat captain, suspects that something's
amiss when he is approached by a wealthy aristocrat with a lucrative
offer. The hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York doesn't care that
the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh's dilapidated
fleet; nor does he care that he won't earn back his investment in a
decade. York's reasons for traversing the powerful Mississippi are to be
none of Marsh's concern--no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious
York's actions may prove. Not until the maiden voyage of Fevre Dream
does Marsh realize that he has joined a mission both more sinister, and
perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare--and humankind's
most impossible dream.