Dracul

About this book

The prequel to Dracula inspired by notes and texts left behind by the author of the classic novel Dracul is a supernatural thriller that reveals not only Draculas true origins but Bram Stokersand the tale of the enigmatic woman who connects them. It is 1868 and a twenty-one-year-old Bram Stoker waits in a desolate tower to face an indescribable evil. Armed only with crucifixes holy water and a rifle he prays to survive a single night the longest of his life. Desperate to record what he has witnessed Bram scribbles down the events that led him here.... A sickly child Bram spent his early days bedridden in his parents Dublin home tended to by his caretaker a young woman named Ellen Crone. When a string of strange deaths occur in a nearby town Bram and his sister Matilda detect a pattern of bizarre behavior by Ellena mystery that deepens chillingly until Ellen vanishes suddenly from their lives. Years later Matilda returns from studying in Paris to tell Bram the news that she has seen Ellenand that the nightmare theyve thought long ended is only beginning.