Death of an Immortal

Vampire Evolution Trilogy #1

by Duncan McGeary

The most powerful and feared vampire disappeared at the height of his powers and passed into legend. Most vampires think he's dead. He is not dead. Terrill has gone into hiding to evade his bitter enemy's wrath, and has vowed never to kill another human. But one night his vampire nature reasserts itself, and he kills an innocent young woman.
Instead of running, he sets out to make amends. His quest for redemption goes terribly wrong, and Terrill finds himself reduced to hiding in woodsheds and caves. Soon both humans and vampires are chasing him. His only hope lies in the most downtrodden of men and women, and in the mercy of a girl who has little reason to forgive him, and every reason to hate him.

Genres: Horror

Kindle Edition

First published February 25, 2013

About the author

I've lived in Bend, Oregon my whole life (which is becoming increasing rare in this boom town.) After the U of O, I wrote Star Axe, Snowcastles and Icetowers.

While trying to write full time, I started filling in at a local book/comic book store, Pegasus Books. Eventually, I became full time and then manager, and then 30 years ago, I bought the store.

My wife opened her used bookstore, The Bookmark, ten years ago and is also writing these days. She has a book online called, Telling Tree, which is wonderful, and will publish her the second book of her trilogy, Once on a Blue Moon.

I have two sons, Todd, an artist, and Toby, a chef.

So my writing career took a back seat while I tried to keep the store alive and raise a family.

In the last few years, the store has become stable enough that I've been able to come back to writing and I've been writing like crazy.

I've just sold a four book deal to Books of the Dead Press. Led to the Slaughter has been released e-book and will soon be available in print form on Amazon. I also sold a trilogy, The Vampire Evolution, which consists of Death of An Immortal; Rule of Vampire; and Blood of Gold.

I've been very busy, with several other books in the works.

I hope you guys will check out my books. I try to make them entertaining and fast reads.

Reviews

[Robin Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid vampire tale with the undead being either scary or angst-ridden. The book is easy to read, McGeary doesn't get caught up in unnecessary repetition or explanation and his characters are interesting. I didn't care too much for the Christian redemption theme towards the end, though.

[Martha Wiebenson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't even like vampires and I loved this book! It's very well written, the characters are engaging, and it had me looking over my shoulder at bus stops at night! In the months between reading this one and the next in the series, I found myself regularly thinking about the story and the characters and wondering what would happen. A real page-turner!

[Joyce · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good quick read. Looking forward to the next book.

[Suz · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars.

This could have been a really good horror vampire story, but it spent a lot of time focusing on redemption through adherence and submission to God, via Christianity of course.

This trope is not my cup of tea at all. I'm going to take a pass on the others in the series.