Revenants (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

Revenant: one who has returned from death. This is a revised reprint of the classic Gothic horror tale, originally published in 1983. Spanning more than 100 years, this is the first-person narrative of John Richard Le Perrowne from his birth in 1830. A manuscript, discovered in an old black leather bag beside the gutted ruins of a deserted house which had mysteriously burnt to the ground, tells of his origins as a sickly child isolated from the rest of the world in his Cornwall home. Visited from the age of 12 by a recurring dream in which a demonic, shadowy being beckons to him, John finally encounters his beautiful and mysterious ancestor, Helena, who becomes his teacher and his love, initiating him into the ways of vampirism. But whereas most vampires regard humans as simply prey, Helena teaches restraint, taking only sufficient blood from her victims to sustain her unnatural life and no more. At first John tries to follow her example, but eventually he is seduced by the thrill of the hunt and becomes a killer. His actions bring terrible retribution to Helena, which, in turn, leads John to take revenge by transforming the wild and lustful Elizabeth into a vampire like himself. Shocked and appalled by her excesses, John retreats to his family home once more and there begins the search for the Master Revenant, the first of his kind and the father to all other revenants. Those who love Gothic horror will find all the staple ingredients here: mysterious portraits in the attic; a visit to the family tomb; strange dreams; and a central character who is as tortured a soul as you could wish to meet. You will also encounter some subtle shading of the better-known aspects of vampire lore that makes this a superb updating of the classic traditions. Best read at night with the lights on. (Kirkus UK)

A welcome return in a revised edition of Geoffrey Farrington's masterpiece of classic Gothic horror. A family curse reaches through time to damn a young man in Victorian Cornwall.

General

Imprint:	Dedalus
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2001
First published:	February 2003
Authors:	Geoffrey Farrington
Dimensions:	0 x 0 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	182
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-903517-04-8
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Horror & ghost stories Promotions
LSN:	1-903517-04-4
Barcode:	9781903517048

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