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The Historian meets The Da Vinci Code and Inferno in the exhilarating supernatural thriller, Blood of the Lamb.

Religion, faith, vampires, and all that jazz.

I want to talk about Blood of the Lamb, about an issue that's come up. So as not to be disingenuous, I'll admit Carlos Dews and I—we who are Sam Cabot—anticipated this pushback. (We knew the job was dangerous when we took it, Fred.)

Blasphemy. Sacrilege. Disrespect, at the very least. Some readers don't see those in Blood of the Lamb.

I believe Sam Cabot has an incredible sense of drama by creating a partnership between a priest and a vampire. I think it brings so much angst and doubt to the story. Each one not sure if they can trust the other. The dynamic between the two increases the suspense of the book.

But some do.

See the read of the post here.

http://www.kindlepost.com/2013/09/gue...

http://www.amazon.com/Content-Cabots-...

Blood of the Lamb: A Novel of Secrets

Read SJ Rozan's Story of How She Became One Half of Me. See her guest blog at BookRiot:

Click here

SJ is in China and somehow the Noantri have taken over her blog. Very strange. See it here:

http://www.journalscape.com/sjrozan/2...

I think the Noantri like how I depicted them in BLOOD OF THE LAMB, or at least like how I tried to set the record straight about them. Their takeover of SJ Rozan's blog (while she is in China) continues . . .

http://www.journalscape.com/sjrozan/2...

Blood of the Lamb: A Novel of Secrets

The library at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy, is hosting an event next week that will feature BLOOD OF THE LAMB.

http://www.johncabot.edu/library/news...#

Blood of the Lamb: A Novel of Secrets

Great new review of BLOOD OF THE LAMB in the latest issue of SUSPENSE magazine: “This is a title to place in the category of ‘coolest religious puzzles ever.’… Plenty of intrigue and secrets with a little bit of romance thrown in for the Twilight aficionados…it is always a whole lot of fun and a highly memorable read.” –Suspense Magazine

Just in time for Halloween . . . Penguin Group (USA) / Blue Rider Press are slashing the price of the BLOOD OF THE LAMB e-book for one week (30 October to 6 November) to $2.99! That's a discount from $20.36 to $2.99! Discount begins on Wednesday of this week.

Blood of the Lamb: A Novel of Secrets

With the title SKIN OF THE WOLF it should come as no surprise that Sam Cabot’s new novel involves therianthropy, or shapeshifting. “The term ‘therianthropy’ comes from the Greek theríon [θηρίον], meaning ‘wild animal’ or ‘beast’; and anthrōpos [ἄνθρωπος], meaning ‘human being.’ It was used to refer to animal transformation folklore of Europe as early as 1901. Sometimes the term ‘zoanthropy’ is used instead. Therianthropy was used to describe spiritual beliefs in animal transformation in a 1915 Japanese publication, ‘A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era.’ One source, ‘The Human Predator,’ raises the possibility the term may have been used as early as the 16th century in criminal trials of suspected werewolves.”–from the Wikipedia page on the subject. For the full text of the entry click here.

During the 19th century some citizens of New England thought that tuberculosis (consumption) was caused by the dead sucking the life out of their surviving relatives. In response, bodies of the dead were exhumed and their internal organs were burned. One particular case involved Ms. Mercy Brown, 19. Her body was exhumed, her heart burned. The ashes of her heart were mixed with water and given to her brother as a cure for his own TB. He died anyway. Read more about this here.