title: The First Vampire
author: Davies, John
description: In his riveting debut novel The First Vampire John Davies provides an alarmingly plausible explanation of why and how the first human was transformed into a vampire against a backdrop of factual Eastern European history In 1414 a priest and gifted singer from the Curtea de Arges region of Wallachia unknowingly set a chain of events in motion which had the potential to cause catastrophic ramifications for centuries after Forty eight years later Vlad Dracula returned home to Curtea de Arges after a great battle in which he slaughtered fifteen thousand Muslims Triumph turned to tragedy when he learned that his turncoat brother Radu was lurking in the region Dracula was about to face his greatest nemesis ever Twenty first century reluctant college sophomore Kristi Johnson is in a desperate race against time to save her family from complete disintegration Her father commits the ultimate unspeakable act and Kristi is forced to find answers immediately Out of nowhere comes an unexpected possible solution in the form of her unusual classmate Alex The paths of the priest the warlord and the college kid are set on the collision course from hell in this fascinating blend of history myth and undying love