A THRILLING REINVENTION OF THE VAMPIRE NOVEL BY THE MASTER OF MODERN FANTASY, GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Abner Marsh, a struggling riverboat captain, suspects that something’s amiss when he is approached by a wealthy aristocrat with a lucrative offer. The hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York doesn’t care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh’s dilapidated fleet; nor … dilapidated fleet; nor does he care that he won’t earn back his investment in a decade. York’s reasons for traversing the powerful Mississippi are to be none of Marsh’s concern—no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious York’s actions may prove. Not until the maiden voyage of Fevre Dream does Marsh realize that he has joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare—and humankind’s most impossible dream.
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This is perhaps the best work by GRR Martin I’ve read.
The characters were interesting in a genre that has been rehashed so many times. Also, the historical storytelling is compelling if you like your settings to have their own lives.
Mark Twain for the 21st century reader.
A wonderful story from the creator of Tge Game of Thrones. A hard to put down story of vampires along the 1857 Mississippi River.
Read this a few years ago and still recall it perfectly as I thoroughly enjoyed it!
A totally different setting for a vampire story. Even my sister who hates horror stories enjoyed it!
One of my all time favorite vampire novels.