Blood Maidens

by Barbara Hambly

Overview

The new 'James Asher' vampire novel from the best-selling author

It's 1911. War is coming, and according to one of the vampires of St. Petersburg, the Kaiser is trying to recruit vampires. James Asher, Oxford don and formerly on His Majesty's Secret Service, is forced to team up again with his vampire partner Don Simon Ysidro for a journey to the subarctic Russian capital. Are they on the trail of a rogue vampire with a plan to achieve the power to walk in daylight? Asher wonders. Or is Ysidro's real agenda to seek the woman he once loved?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780100531
Publisher:	Severn House
Publication date:	05/01/2011
Series:	A James Asher Vampire Novel , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	830 KB

About the Author

Barbara Hambly, though a native of Southern California, lived in New Orleans for a number of years prior to the destruction of that city by Hurricane Katrina, while married to science fiction writer George Alec Effinger. Hambly holds a degree in medieval history from the University of California and has written novels in numerous genres: historical mysteries, science fiction, sword-and-sorcery fantasy, literary fiction, and horror. In addition, she has written scripts for graphic novels and Saturday morning cartoons. She currently lives in Los Angeles, teaches at a local college, and hopes one day to have the time and energy to pursue a hobby again. Her interests include dance of various kinds, painting, sewing, computer graphics, video games, and the usual demands of friends and family.

Editorial Reviews

Hambly's political, passionate vampires are deliciously inhuman while still suffering from human flaws and aspirations, producing plenty of emotional drama. “
Publishers Weekly

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