Welcome to the Reading Lamp. Know that this site was born because of the very book I am reviewing in this post.The Red Duke certainly left an impression on me. I just had to write a review about it, and when I was done writing, my own blog did not seem entirely appropriate - thus, I sat down and created the Reading Lamp.
Take a look at the short text in the sidebar:
There are certain books out there,
often overlooked by the crowd,
that are almost ridiculously awesome!
often overlooked by the crowd,
that are almost ridiculously awesome!
The Red Duke, to me, certainly is one of those. What the novel is about and why I think this way shall thus be addressed in this review.
The Story:
"Once a valorous and honourable knight of the realm, the Red Duke was betrayed and stricken down in battle but rose again before death could truly claim him. As a bloodthirsty vampire lord he undertook a long campaign of butchery and terror before being defeated once more, and entombed for all time so that he could never again menace the Old World. But centuries later the witch Jacquetta resurrects this ancient evil, and the Red Duke stalks the night again – a new reign of terror plagues the lands of Bretonnia!"
