BLOOD DEMONS by Richard Jeffries Book Tour and Giveaway!
BLOOD DEMONS
by
Richard Jeffries
Genre: Horror
Pub
Date: 3/20/2018
Bloods And Crypts
Once again, America is under siege. A
devastating terrorist attack has destroyed one of the nation’s most
treasured landmarks. With Mt. Rushmore now reduced to a pile of
rubble, Major Josiah Key, commander of the secretive Cerberus Unit,
is dispatched to hunt down the mastermind responsible: the most
fanatically evil extremist the world has ever known. And he’s
hidden in the most isolate region of the Hindu Kush mountains of
Afghanistan.
Climbing to the fiend’s remote,
mysterious caves, the four-person Cerberus team encounters bloodless
corpses that lead them to confront one of the greatest evils in human
history: the Vetela . . . unholy creatures who inhabit the bodies of
the dead and the source of all vampire legends. Their sole purpose is
to guard the terrorist, and with his help, the Vetela, are finally
ready to come into the light and lay waste to all humanity.
All he could do was stare. Her beauty
was cathartic, even hormonal.
She smiled, making him feel even
weaker. “Do you think I am a dream?” she asked. “Do you think
all of this is a dream?” She motioned gracefully at the
surroundings. “Do you think it has all been a dream since the
moment you became aware?”
When she glanced
away, it gave him the power to answer, despite the gasping weakness
of his reply. “A nightmare.”
Her smile widened and became more
believable. “For you, I’m sure it was.” She lowered, and shook,
her head demurely. “But I can assure you it is not.” When she
raised her head again, her eyes locked on his. “When your master
was beheaded eons ago, a deity took pity on him, for he was once a
proud warrior. The deity quickly replaced it with the first head that
could be found.” She shrugged sadly. “But what do gods know, or
care, of mortals? The result was grotesque, and people became ill and
terrified at the sight. So he took refuge in graveyards—”
“Like me,” Craven realized.
The woman’s smile became tender and
knowing. “Like you. So tell me. You have told him, so now tell me.
What is it you want?”
Craven was not intimidated by her
question. In fact, quite the opposite. He suddenly felt superior to
her. She must be Tajabana, he realized. Freshly
made. Her awakening hunger must be enormous. It had to be the
only reason she would dally with him.
She laughed. Although he reacted at
first as if she were mocking him, he immediately realized that her
laughter was honest.
“Oh, my dear fellow,” she said
sympathetically as she took her first step toward him. “You’ll
have to do better than that. Now really, what is it that you truly
want?”
“Power,” he repeated as her
lovely, elegant hand reached for his scalp. “Over innocence.”
The forefinger of her other hand
caressed his cheek, turning his face from hers. “That’s better,”
she assured him, her fragrant breath making his flesh crawl.
“Although I cannot guarantee you that, there’s one thing I can
do—”
He was tempted to inquire further,
but then her tongue was at the back of his head, at the exact spot
where his skull met his spine. Then, there, on the banks of the
Ganges River where his mother had died, Craven was set free.
Richard Jeffries holds a degree in Creative Writing, obtained before he went to work for American intelligence. He has seen the world—and things in it—which inspired the writing of these novels. Now retired from covert ops, Jeffries divides his time between rural Connecticut and London. In his spare time he pursues his lifelong interest in Kung Fu and classical piano.
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Congrats on the tour and I appreciate the book description and the great giveaway as well. Love the tours, I get to find books and share with my sisters the ones I know they would enjoy reading and they both love to read. Thank you!
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