"Fabulous retelling of the vampire saga"

McGuniness University Archeology Professor John Hadden is digging in an isolated forest in Northern Ontario where he believes he is on the verge of a find that will devastate the Eastern Woodland Archeology theories. His academic associates, who failed to support him on his last great find on Amikwa, want to help this time. The university sends a team to include Hadden's concerned teaching assistant Allen Therrien to assist the professor, but they learn he was killed after uncovering the legendary lost city of Lochkray.

None of the human party is prepared for what Hadden unwrought. Lochkray is home to creatures that live and feed at night on the souls of the descendents of Adam and Eve. However, more than just legends allegedly created by God after the First Sin, the residents seek their former glory with one particular soul stalking the human prey while the Lochkray leadership seeks the lost sacred source of knowledge and power the Kraell'Haatch. However neither human nor human predator realizes that something else lurks in these remote woods that want to include both species in its food chain.

LAST DANCE OF THE LOCHKRAY is a fabulous retelling of the vampire saga using a different twist to the origin and filled with action that never slows down; so much so that the novel feels more like a thriller than a horror tale. The story line takes off after the ensemble cast is introduced (will need a scorecard to keep track of the players at first) and never slows down as night creatures, monsters, and humans confront one another in the Ontario woods. Vampire fans will enjoy this fine Brian Goodwin's fine version of the nightcrawlers.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted August 22, 2005