Plague of the undead
By: Gary Cross
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780143304616
Subjects: Fiction; Plague; Vampires; History
Description: When Lucius is ten years old his father returns home one evening as a vampire and destroys his entire family. By luck Lucius is spared. Fifteen years later Lucius has joined the elite group of vampire hunters who saved his life that night. Now it's his turn to lead the hunt, this time on the trail of a master vampire, who has survived hundreds of years and is intent on turning the world into a vampire race. Through Paris and the wilds of Europe Lucius tracks his quarry, eventually running him to ground in the plague infested streets of London. But this is no ordinary vampire will Lucius survive or will he too enter the realm of the undead? Suggested level: secondary.
Notes: Novel for young adults.