The Bloody Red Baron
by By Newman, Kim
Category: Fiction , Horror

It is 1918. Graf von Dracula, expelled from Britain, is commander-in-chief of the armies of Germany and Austria-Hungary, while Lord Ruthven, his former disciple and now enemy, is Prime Minister of Britain. Over the Western Front, Allied aces fall to the feared flying monster, Baron von Richthofen. But the War of the Great Powers in Europe is also a war between the living and the dead, ancient magic and modern science, oppression and freedom.Embroiled in the greater and lesser conflicts are Edwin Winthrop, a young intelligence officer eager for fame and glory; Charles Beauregard, Edwin's mentor and an old enemy of Dracula; Kate Reed, a radical vampire journalist; and the resurrected Edgar Allan Poe, commissioned by German High Command to write a fabulous biography of Manfred von Richthofen, the Bloody Red Baron.As the Baron ups his famous death score, the workings of nations and the struggles of individuals intersect, climaxing with a battle that takes place in the air and in the very hearts of men.