A century-spanning love
From Verdun in 1916 to Kandahar in 2006 to New Orleans in 2023. One vampire, one combat medic, one dying child.
a gothic paranormal romance
“The night carried the weight of a thousand unspoken promises, and Baron Dane Morgenstern had learned that love was both his torment and his salvation.”
Carla Rae Snelting-Shirer
IngramSpark Editorial Board
A vampire born on the battlefields of Verdun.
A combat medic from New Orleans.
A dying child who binds them across a century of war and longing.
editorial review
A rare combination of historical sweep, supernatural intrigue, and a love story at its center.
the world
What waits inside
From the trenches to the bayou
Born on the battlefields of the Great War. Forged in the field hospitals of Afghanistan. Tested in the candlelit streets of New Orleans.
Historical sweep & supernatural intrigue
“A rare combination of historical sweep, supernatural intrigue, and a love story at its center.” — IngramSpark Editorial Board.
the book
A treatment, not a cure
Baron Dane Morgenstern, the vampire, was born on the battlefields of Verdun. Several decades later Chad Blackrain was born in New Orleans. Their paths crossed in Afghanistan in 2006. Blackrain was a Combat Medic attempting to save his best friend's life. Morgenstern, posing as a NATO doctor, intervened by cutting his wrist allowing his blood to bathe the mortal wound. His healing blood saved the soldier.
In 2023, now Dr. Blackrain reconstituted Morgenstern's blood from his blood-stained uniform jacket to treat a child with a rare blood disease. Unfortunately it was a treatment, not a cure. Dr. Blackrain needed to lure the vampire to the city of New Orleans because the living blood was the cure.