"Saint-Germaine is back"
Imagine witnessing the rise and fall of the Egyptian and
Roman Great Empires. Ferenc Ragoczy, The Comte de Saint-
Germain, walked the Earth when Nineva and Tyre fell, met
Ghengis Kahn and Imbhtep of Egypt. He is a vampire over
four million years old and travels the Earth with his
friend and manservant Rogerio who happens to be a youthful
two million-year-old ghoul. At present, Saint-Germain is in Spain on the cusp of it's
1930s civil war and the army plans to confiscate his
airplane manufacturing plant. Through careful planning he
and Rogerio are able to escape Spain on the very eve of his
arrest to travel to the United States to check up on his
investments and see Rowena Saxon who shares the blood bond
with him. An assassin is sent from Spain to kill Saint-
Germain so that the confiscation of his property will not
end up in the Spanish courts but the vampire ignores the
signs of the assassin's search for him until he starts
attacking the vampire's loved ones. In MIDNIGHT HARVEST, Saint-Germaine is becoming aware that
advancing technology is making the world too small for him
and his kind to easily blend into accepted normal society.
This is how Chelsea Quinn Yarbro keeps her hero fresh
through his long literary history by forcing Saint-Germain
to deal with the advances of the age in which the plot
takes place. The story line is taut and Saint-Germane and
his ilk are fascinating as is his opponents. It should
prove interesting to see how he copes in the twenty-first
century if the author goes that route one day. This novel
is an excellent thriller wrapped inside a horror tale. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted August 10, 2003
SummaryFrom the Chronicles of Saint-Germain comes Book 16 in the
long-running vampire series which brings the Dark Prince to
Calif- ornia during the Great Depression. Fleeing Spain at
the beginning of their Civil War, the vampire Saint-Germain
arrives in Calif-ornia to reunite with the older and wiser
Rowena Saxon, who is considering following the Dark Prince
into an eternal life. Meanwhile, Saint-Germain is unaware
that a ruthless assassin is pursuing him--one of the most
charming killers ever to grace the page: Cenere.
Unbelievably smooth and utterly inhumane, Cenere has
trailed Saint-Germain across oceans and continents, killing
anyone in his way, including those under Saint-Germain's
protection. But will Saint-Germain finally awaken to the
danger that threatens him before all he loves is lost?
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