Dracula: Rise of the Beast: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Bogi Takacs, Milena Benini, et al

GENESIS OF A MONSTER Vlad III Drăcula. A warleader in a warlike time: brilliant, charismatic, pious. But what became of him? What drove him to become a creature of darkness—Bram Stoker's cruel, ambitious "Un-Dead"—and what use did he make of this power, through the centuries? More than a hundred years after the monster's death, the descendants of the survivors piece together the story—dusty old manuscripts, court reports from the Holy Roman Empire at its height, stories of the Szgany Roma who once served the monster—trying to understand. Because the nightmare is far from over... Five incredible fantasy authors come together to reveal a side to literature's greatest monster you've never seen before. "Anthology of stories exploring the secret history of the world's most iconic monster. That the cruel, ambitious monster of Bram Stoker's most famous novel was once Vlad III Dracula, Voivode of Wallachia--the Impaler, to his enemies--is known. A warleader in a warlike time: brilliant, charismatic, pious, ferociously devoted to his country. But what came of him? What drove him to become a creature of darkness--an Un-Dead--and what use did he make of this power, through the centuries before his downfall? Decades after the monster's death, Jonathan and Mina Harker's son Quincey pieces together the story: dusty old manuscripts, court reports from the Holy Roman Empire at its height, oral traditions among the Szgany Roma people who once served the monster."--Amazon.com