Dark Moods: A Dark and Mythic Vampire Novel - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0977304078 ISBN 13 : 9780977304073

Editeur : Wilder Publications, 2007

Synopsis

In an ancient world where gods, monsters, and vampires are accepted as part of daily life, sin can be carried in the blood-and consumed by those willing to drink it. Emana Hathor and her husband, Rasal, belong to the Ishantu, a vampiric race valued as both healers and ritual "sin drinkers." By drinking the blood of the condemned, they absorb the guilt that might otherwise torment a soul beyond death. When Tash Hila, a murderer awaiting execution, asks Rasal to drink his sins, the ritual draws the Ishantu into a violent and surreal journey through a civilization ruled by brutal customs, ancient faiths, and living mythology. Gods from many cultures haunt the landscape, while human cruelty proves every bit as terrifying as the supernatural creatures moving openly among the living. Lyrical, grotesque, and relentlessly imaginative, Dark Moods is not a conventional vampire novel. Charlee Jacob combines historical fantasy, religious horror, dream imagery, and visceral dark fiction to create a strange and uncompromising vision of the ancient world. This haunting novel showcases the depth, intensity, and unmistakable voice that earned Jacob recognition as one of horror fiction's most distinctive writers.

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Charlee Jacob was an American author and poet known for her uncompromising work in horror, dark fantasy, and extreme fiction. Her writing combined lyrical prose, mythological imagery, psychological intensity, and graphic explorations of violence, religion, sexuality, and transformation. She began publishing fiction and poetry in the 1980s and became admired by readers and fellow writers for the originality and emotional power of her work.Jacob's novels include This Symbiotic Fascination, Haunter, Soma, Vestal, Dread in the Beast, Still, and Dark Moods. She also published numerous collections of short fiction and poetry. Her work received major recognition within the horror community, including the Bram Stoker Award for her poetry collection Dread in the Beast. Her fiction remains notable for its fearless imagination, poetic language, and refusal to soften its darkest subjects.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wilder Publications
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0977304078
• ISBN 13: 9780977304073
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 247
• Éditeur: Jacob Charlee
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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