Review: A fabulous start to the series, and an enthralling new take on the classic Dracula
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 26, 2013
****Spoiler Alert****I must admit I am a vampire novelist, of the contemporary sort, and I do enjoy most vampire novels (most but not all).  Shane O'Neill has brought us back to the very roots of the myth, back to where it all started, the birth of the Monster Dracula.  Its gothic, medieval, visceral, brutal, and everything you ever expected Dracula should be.But here we will know Dracula as man shaped by hard choices, hemmed in by enemies, struggling to retake the throne of Wallachia which has been in his hands twice over.  He is a man known as The Impaler, willing to impale thousands of men on the stake to make an example to all who would invade his lands.  He is not loved by his people, but feared and respected.  Dracula lives by the sword, always believing that "the end justifies the means," the perfect man for a deal with the Devil.Once you get a taste of this prologue, you have to read the rest. I'm already halfway through Bound by Blood volume 1.