The Delicate Dependency (1982) by Michael Talbot

[Valancourt Books]

The Delicate Dependency: A Novel of the Vampire Life (1982), now available for the first time in 30 years, has long been regarded as one of the best vampire novels ever written, but until now readers have been forced to pay huge sums for dilapidated old paperback copies. It was the first, and best, novel by Michael Talbot (1953-1994), a brilliant gay author more famous for a nonfiction book, The Holographic Universe, which examines the idea that the entire universe is a holographic projection. THE DELICATE DEPENDENCY is set in Victorian London, where an eminent virologist finds himself caught up in the world of the vampire when they kidnap his daughter, a blind savant, and he must go in pursuit. We won't spoil the plot, but let's just say you can forget all the usual vampire fiction clichés: you've never read anything like this novel. How good is it? It has 21 five-star reviews on Amazon and a whopping 4.34 average on Goodreads! Features a new foreword by Jillian Venters and cover art by M.S. Corley.

Book description

They are cool to the touch and alluringly beautiful in their ageless youth. Their laughter seduces, their brilliance beguiles. They guard the secrets of science and history, and the answers to the mysteries of life and death lie within their vastly superior knowledge. In centuries past, they were known as the Illuminati. They are the vampire.

Dr. John Gladstone, a scientist in Victorian London, is thrust into their world after his carriage runs over a young man of angelic beauty named Niccolo. When Niccolo kidnaps Gladstone’s child and vanishes, the doctor must go in pursuit, with the help of his daughter, Ursula, who is enticed by the lure of eternal life, and Lady Hespeth, whose demure exterior hides a dangerous obsession. Why are the vampires taking children, and what is the connection to Gladstone’s experiments with a deadly virus? And how can he possibly prevail against a race of immortal beings with power and intelligence infinitely beyond his own?



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[Char]

This looks awesome. You guys are going to cause me to go broke! :)

[Valancourt Books]

I might start offering an electronic punchcard. Or a fortune cookie. :)

[Elke]

I've had this one on my wishlist for ages! However, the cover (the old one) looks so familiar by now I have to check my bookcase first to make sure I did not already purchase it somewhere and then forgot about it ;)