Lord of the Vampires
By Jeanne Kalogridis, 1996
Series: Diaries of the Family Dracul

"Lord of the Vampires is the extraordinary conclusion to Jeanne Kalogridis's much touted, highly acclaimed trilogy of The Diaries of the Family Dracul. Covenant with the Vampire and Children of the Vampire set the tone for this lush, erotic, compulsively readable series that explores the mysteries behind Bram Stoker's classic novel Dracula.

After the death of his half brother, Stephan, at the hand of Vlad Tsepesh -- also known as Dracula -- and after the destruction of his vampire father, Arkady, also at the hands of Vlad, Abraham Van Helsing has traveled the world slaying many vampires. With every vampire he destroys, Bram becoms stronger and Vlad weaker, and soon Bram hopes to kill finally the fearsome vampire who has kept the Tsepesh family enslaved through a centuries-old blood ritual.

But a desperate Vlad and his vampire great-niece, Zsuzsanna, summon help from the most powerful, brutal, and beautiful vampire of all -- Countess Elisabeth of Bathory. Bram aligns himself with a courageous band of humans as he hunts Vlad and they finally succeed in killing the head of the Tsepesh clan, just a Bram Stoker foretold in Dracula. But the terror does not end with the death of Vlad, for there is another force that drives Vlad, Szuzsanna, Elisabeth, and all the vampires in the world, an ancient entity more evil than anything Bram has ever encountered: the lord of the vampires. And for Bram to defeat this Dark Lord, he must once again risk losing his very soul, to save not only his family, but humanity as well.

In this final book in the trilogy of The Diaries of the Family Dracul, Kalogridis brilliantly melds her own fascinating story of the Tsepesh family with that of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Told in diary form like the first two books and Stoker's own chilling tale, Lord of the Vampires reveals the dark, startling truths behind the original Dracula." (from book jacket)

Paperback Info: ISBN 044022442X, Dell Publishing