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  • Vampire Thrall
  • Author: Michael Schiefelbein
  • Publisher: Alyson Publications
  • Year: 2003
  • Country: US
  • 306 pages
Nudity
4
Sex
3
Violence
4
S&M
2
book cover
Description:
Reckless hazel-eyed artist Paul Lewis has recurring visions of a sensual vampire. Hired by a group of monks to illustrate a manuscript of the gospels, Paul travels to San Benedetto monastery in Rome, where he falls in love with the arrogant Brother Victor. Sensing an unknown danger in this handsome artist, Victor resists the attraction - until Paul catches him in the act of murder. Unwilling to destroy his young lover, Victor transforms him into his thrall, a tormented being - part human, part vampire - who is completely dependent upon his creator. Paul can choose to become a vampire, but not without a price: the loss of his beloved Victor to the Dark Kingdom and his own damnation to 200 years as a solitary nocturnal predator. Complicating this choice, the strange force that caused Paul's visions aims to turn him against Victor. Will Victor defeat this powerful opponent before it's too late?

QVamp says:

This book is a sequel to 'Vampire Vow', which was nominated for a 2001 Queer Horror award. This novel is superior to the first and gives depth to the characters.

This book is quite gory and graphic, but contains significant information about monastery life, though it will be as offensive to 'Christians' as the first in the series.

Rating
B+
Queer Vampire Rating
A
Amount of Queer Content
sex
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By: jysyn
Overall Rating: A Queer ghost Rating: A+

The plot of this story involved characters with a good mix of good and evil. There many points in the story where the plot could have failed but it didn't.

I love the book. I think it could be made into a movie.

By: Nick
Overall Rating: A Queer ghost Rating: A

A good gay vampire tale,sexy too, but with no sympathetic characters to latch onto,or share the journey with. An interesting tale,especially the vampire lore, leaves the reader wanting more.