In this electrifying retelling of a classic tale, Mina Murray and Abraham Van Helsing must take on a supernatural threat to the human world. This bundle contains the entire Mina Murray series of 3 full length novels. Start reading now!1. The Beast of London Mina Murray teams up with her former paramour Abraham Van Helsing to rescue her fiancé, Jonathan Harker, after he’s abducted from a society … Jonathan Harker, after he’s abducted from a society ball. But Mina soon realizes that Jonathan’s abduction is tied to a larger threat against humanity…
2. Fortress of Blood
Mina and her allies have found the Transylvanian countryside dotted with empty villages and whispers of monsters who wear human skin. As Mina prepares for the final showdown, she discovers her own shocking connection to the hidden world of vampires…
3. Realm of Night
To spare humanity from the grip of looming darkness, Mina and her allies must defeat the most powerful vampire in the world…
**This bundle includes an extended afterword from the author.
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loved the series had to read back to back excellent realy enjoyabil as i love tails of vampies and warewolves very good
Did not want to put it down flowed really well well written lots of history for the characters
Enough of the Dracula we know, but different enough to make it new and different. It was really great I thought.
Beast of London
This book starts off with a stuffy Victorian feel but quickly morphs into something far more exciting. The POV character, Mina, was raised outside of traditional society and although she wears its trappings well and is engaged to a wonderful man of society whom she truly loves, she is not sure this is the life she is suited for. As with many of these books, she is written as a woman far ahead of her time.
When her past come barreling back into her life, Mina finds herself on a life-altering adventure with elements of Dracula, Van Helsing, lycanthopic legends, Jack the Ripper and even a bit of The Beagle and Mr. Flycatcher. The book maintained a theme though out of finding scientific explanations for the fantastic. Lots of action, and danger including violence and bloodshed.
Fortress of Blood
In many ways this was the second half of The Beast of London. That book set the stage and opened the mysteries. This book followed events as Mina and company worked to save Jonathan. The huge reveal at the end of book one was explored as Mina learned first hand more about the vampire threat they are facing and bonds with allies were forged.
There was quite a bit of action, but many of the battles in this book were internal and interpersonal and as a result the book became more introspective and moody at times. A different aspect of the vampires was being explored. The ending was well written and satisfying. I really liked the way it wrapped back to some of the opening scenes from book 1 and provided closure to not only to Jonathan’s situation but other events left hanging in London.
Realm of Night
In defeating one enemy, were they only strengthening another? Mina, Abe, and associates are tackling their fiercest enemy yet and they will all be changed for the encounter. Some more than others. This book delves into the darker psychological elements introduced in book 2. They discover a secret weapon in the fight, but using it comes with great risk.
The characters on this team have grown on me over the course of this series. At times infuriating and others endearing. For how introspective they can be I wish some of them would think a little before diving into action (Mina, I’m looking at you!) but I suppose that impulsiveness adds to the drama and intrigue.
Great take on Braum Stoker Dracula.
A mesmerizing tale of monsters and those who stand against them. Though characters are taken from Bram Stoker’s classic tale, the story is wonderfully original. The narrator chosen couldn’t have been a more perfect fit. You could believe she was Mina Murray telling of her own adventures. The best traditional vampire tale I’ve encountered. I received a free review copy of this audio book in exchange for an honest review.
I bought this because I had not read a vampire book, in a while. Boy, am I glad. It did not disappoint. Great story line, the time of the story was spot on, the characters were honest and enjoyable. Definitely worthy to be in my library.
This is the best genre you can ever read. I love 18th century vampires. I found this series by a contest the first book was free and I loved it so I saw the next 2 in a bundle with the free book and git this bundle. It’s fabulous.A war is on and it’s against the vamps and humans who will win. This book has romance in it also. It is a great series I can Bragg all day about it. The evil vamps are Evil and have killed alot of the main characters famiky and also has kidnapped her fiance she’s on a rampage to hurt some of these creatures what’s awesome she finds out she has a half vampire brother and her mom was a supporter in this war till she was killed . There are good vampires that are on the humans side and they have hearts of gold. You need to read this series it’s fabulous. So glad I found this author
The pace and writing in this book bothered . After trying to read it several times I gave up at page 100.
I LOVED THIS SERIES…. DRACULA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FAVORITE STORY… THIS AUTHOR TOOK AN OLD TIME FAVORITE AND MADE IT MORE INTERESTING… I LOVED THE TWIST WITH ABE AND JOHNATHON…. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO READING MORE BY THIS AUTHOR.
While it was an original take on the Mina Harker/Dracula/Van Helsing story, the execution was disappointing – the author’s use of American English for a Victorian/Edwardian period was distracting.
Formulaic but mildly entertaining none-the-less.
A little slow