Black Dawn (Morganville Vampires Series #12)

by Rachel Caine

Overview

With its eclectic mix of vampire and human citizens, Morganville, Texas, has always been a risky place to call home. But with the invasion of the vampire’s deadliest enemy, Morganville isn’t just in danger—it’s dying…

Ever since the draug—mysterious creatures that prey on vampires—took over Morganville, the lives of student Claire Danvers and her friends have been thrown into turmoil. Most of the town’s residents have evacuated, but Claire, Shane, Eve and Michael have chosen to stay and fight.

Using the city’s water system to spread, the draug have rapidly multiplied. Things in Morganville look grim, especially since vampire Amelie—the town founder—has been infected by the master draug’s bite. Now, if Claire and her friends don’t figure out how to cure Amelie and defeat the draug, it looks like Morganville will become little more than a ghost town…

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101585344
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/01/2012
Series:	Morganville Vampires Series , #12
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	137,423
File size:	543 KB
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Rachel Caine is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including the Weather Warden series, the Outcast Season series, the Revivalist series, and the Morganville Vampires series. She was born at White Sands Missile Range, which people who know her say explains a lot. She has been an accountant, a professional musician, an insurance investigator, and, until recently, carried on a secret identity in the corporate world as a communications executive. She and her husband, fantasy artist R. Cat Conrad, live in Texas with their iguana, Popeye.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Praise for the Morganville Vampires Series:

“An intriguing world where vampires rule, only the strongest survive, and romance offers hope in the darkest of hours.”—Darque Reviews

“Another mesmerizing addition to a very inventive paranormal series...delightfully creepy and exciting.”—Night Owl Reviews

“These books are addictive.”—Richelle Mead, International Bestselling Author of the Vampire Academy Series

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the Morganville Vampires Series:  

“An intriguing world where vampires rule, only the strongest survive, and romance offers hope in the darkest of hours.”—Darque Reviews

“Another mesmerizing addition to a very inventive paranormal series...delightfully creepy and exciting.”—Night Owl Reviews

“These books are addictive.”—Richelle Mead, International Bestselling Author of the Vampire Academy Series

From the Publisher

The 12th episode in the Morganville Vampires series finds the town besieged by the terrifying draug, water beings that feed on vampires. Throughout their history, the vampires have never defeated the draug. Human Claire, the series heroine, her boyfriend Shane and her friends, Eve and her vampire fiancé Michael, will find new ways to fight, but not without cheating death. All the while the town's leader Amelie lies dying from a draug bite. Indeed, it looks as though Morganville has had it. Although readers know that Caine won't allow that to happen, she works the tension beautifully, keeping the cliffhangers coming. She delves into Shane's character most deeply in this installment, after he's captured by the draug. The eccentric vampire Myrnin, Claire's scientist boss, stands out as the book's most interesting and entertaining character, providing both comic relief and some nice plot turns. The romance scenes in the novel don't rise above most other paranormal romances, and the writing relies on frequent use of italics, but the author's imagination easily tops the average, keeping the book constantly interesting. Her suspense scenes, the heart of this series, crackle with vitality and occur frequently enough to induce white knuckles. The plot includes enough explication that new readers can orient themselves. This series continues to provide terrific action and great entertainment. Plenty of fun. (Paranormal suspense. 12 & up)

Kirkus Reviews