For Blog Homework, I've decided to write about my favourite author or book. Since it's difficult to pin down a book, I'm going to go with author, since that would be easier. I'm doing my blog homework on Nancy Kilpatrick. She's a writer from Canada. She's written stories in the genres of dark fantasy, horror, mystery, erotic horror, and gothic subculture.
She is most known for her vampire-themed works.
She is the recipient of the Arthur Ellis award. Fangoria called her "Canada's answer to Anne Rice".
She has published 19 novels, 1 non-fiction book, over 220 short stories and 6 collections of her short fiction, comic books, a graphic novel, and she has edited 15 anthologies.
But favourite work from her is a four-part series called "Power of The Blood World".
In Child of the Night, The first volume of Nancy Kilpatrick’s erotic vampire series, Power of the Blood World, we meet Carol who is in Paris recovering from the end of her marriage when she meets Andre, a mysterious man who tries to seduce her. The story takes a bizarre and chilling twist when Carol sees him murder a man and discovers he is, in fact, an ancient and powerful vampire. Andre begins to persuade her to hide his existence and forces Carol to make a sexual arrangement with him in order to save her life—and the life of their unborn child.
In the second installment of the Power of the Blood World series, the story of the vampire David Lyle Hardwick — a poet who for over a century has lived in the unholy world of the undead, resisting his thirst for blood. Zero, a beautiful, wounded mortal, is sent to destroy him but falls for his seductive power and together they set out in search of his enemies. As their torrid love affair grows, so too does David’s unspeakable tormented desire. He is becoming Nosferatu, and when his fury is unleashed who will be safe, not even his own kind…
The third Power of the Blood World book, Reborn takes place several years after the events of the second book, Near Death. The half human, half vampire child, Michel is now grown and on the verge of immortality. The story begins with the shocking murder of an ancient vampire, which throws this close-knit group of the undead into a tailspin. They have a sense of who is responsible and with the help of the vampire Karl and his scientific methods end up sure of the murderer’s identity. This monster is old and powerful and the community is torn between wanting to attack or retreat.
In the midst of chaos, Karl’s partner Gerlinde is missing. He leaves the others behind and goes off along in search of her, despite warnings from his friends that the murderer will find him easy prey. But he cannot exist without his lover and eventually is confronted with an existential question that rips him apart: should he exist at all?
The fourth and final book Bloodlover from the Power of the Blood World series is set in 1960s London, England – where anything goes. Julien de Villier has been a vampire for close to six centuries, and now he’s searching for a companion. Jeanette Price is beautiful, smart, and wealthy from an inheritance combined with business acumen. She has plenty of melodramatic fantasies and Julien is only too happy to act them out as part of his master plan to make her undead. But Jeanette might not be the victim she appears to be, and Julien could have more than a clever rebel on his hands…
Nancy Kilpatrick tells the story of the vampire David Lyle Hardwick — a poet who for over a century has lived in the unholy world of the undead, resisting his thirst for blood. Zero, a beautiful, wounded mortal, is sent to destroy him but falls for his seductive power and together they set out in search of his enemies. As their torrid love affair grows, so too does David’s unspeakable tormented desire. He is becoming Nosferatu, and when his fury is unleashed who will be safe, not even his own kind…
This is my favourite series from her. I've been meaning to read the rest of her work for quite some time. I've been a long time fan. When I purchased that first book in this four-part series, I knew I found something that I was going to enjoy. I don't re-read many books, but I for this series and her work.