'Gripping, vivid, and very, very entertaining. I loved it.' Roddy
Doyle
'A star of fantasy fiction'. Eoin Colfer
Sligo 1832. The cholera epidemic sweeps across Ireland like a secret,
bringing with it a family of four hundred year old Vampires.
Unsuspecting orphan, Valentine, is unaware of the Vampires lurking in
the shadows, until he finds himself flying through the star filled sky
on his way to a Vampire's Lair.
Matilda, Valentine's sister, returns home from the fever hospital to
discover that her brother Valentine has vanished and she will stop at
nothing to find him.
Valentine embarks on the adventure of a lifetime; he is shipwrecked at
the foot of an ancient lighthouse, battles with a Vampire Hunter,
rescues a mermaid and works as an illusionist. Valentine takes up
residence in Casino Marino, an exquisite temple in Dublin with hidden
rooms and secret passageways.
It is a race against the clock. Will Valentine ever see Matilda again?
Can he overcome the Vampire's curse? And does he have what it takes to
defeat Lorenzo, a wicked Vampire, who has travelled through time to find
him?
The Legend of Valentine Sorrow is inspired by Bram Stoker's mother
Charlotte Thornley, and her incredible eyewitness account of the Cholera
epidemic in Ireland. Many believe that Charlotte Thornley influenced
Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.
