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Down Home
Down Home is a 29,000 word science fiction, vampire, mystery novella featuring Simone Gireax, from the Blood Justice and Blood on the Water novels.
Around the year 2050 the Earth has been taken over by vampires who can walk in the sun, called Sunvamps. Simone Gireaux, Justine Kroft and two other vampires along with 180 mortals have escaped Earth to an unfinished space station called Haven where they've been hiding for fifteen years.
Henry McKay, who escaped to Haven as a teenager, has produced a virus that will kill only Sunvamps. Then he's murdered and a notebook containing the virus manufacturing procedure is lost. Asked by Ginger, McKay's beautiful manufactured "Wife," it falls to Simone, a 400+ year-old vampire to find McKay's killer and retrieve the notebook.
The success of the virus would allow Simone and Justine to return to Earth and search for Teresa, their long-time friend and partner. She is a powerful sorceress who disappeared while saving most of those who made it to Haven.
But there are some on Haven who don't want to go home and would kill to keep the virus secret.
Around the year 2050 the Earth has been taken over by vampires who can walk in the sun, called Sunvamps. Simone Gireaux, Justine Kroft and two other vampires along with 180 mortals have escaped Earth to an unfinished space station called Haven where they've been hiding for fifteen years.
Henry McKay, who escaped to Haven as a teenager, has produced a virus that will kill only Sunvamps. Then he's murdered and a notebook containing the virus manufacturing procedure is lost. Asked by Ginger, McKay's beautiful manufactured "Wife," it falls to Simone, a 400+ year-old vampire to find McKay's killer and retrieve the notebook.
The success of the virus would allow Simone and Justine to return to Earth and search for Teresa, their long-time friend and partner. She is a powerful sorceress who disappeared while saving most of those who made it to Haven.
But there are some on Haven who don't want to go home and would kill to keep the virus secret.
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First published February 12, 2015
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About the author
David Burton
23 books11 followersDavid Burton is an American writer living in sunny Southern California. He traveled by motorcycle through Mexico, US, Canada and Alaska. From motorcycles he turned to the ocean, building and sailing his own boats to Mexico, Tahiti, Hawaii, and through the Panama Canal to Florida. He spent a lot of time reading while on the water, so he decided to write books he would have wanted to read at sea.
Having swallowed the anchor he now mops floors and collects trash for money, writes for a living, and has become a (temporarily?) unrequited sailor.
He can be contacted at dcburtonjr@gmail.com
Having swallowed the anchor he now mops floors and collects trash for money, writes for a living, and has become a (temporarily?) unrequited sailor.
He can be contacted at dcburtonjr@gmail.com
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December 31, 2020
Down Home, another vampire thriller by David Burton, portrays Simone Gireaux’s adventure as an unofficial detective out to find a murderer. But there is a twist, the story does not play out on Earth, but on an unfinished space station. There are a lot of twists and turns in this book that will have you on the edge of your seat.
What I liked most about Burton’s writing in this book, is that he takes the things we know and turn them into something fresh and new. We are so used to the regular vampire stories that have been written to death, but Burton comes and breathes new life into this theme and makes it exciting again.
What I liked most about the story is that the vampires are in space and there is an Artificial intelligence that has feelings, which ensures that there is never a dull moment in this book.
People who love vampire and sci-fi themes will enjoy this book. Even if you don’t generally like this theme, I recommend you give Burton’s take on it a chance. This book will pleasantly surprise you.
Go visit the website today. https://davidburtonwriting.com
What I liked most about Burton’s writing in this book, is that he takes the things we know and turn them into something fresh and new. We are so used to the regular vampire stories that have been written to death, but Burton comes and breathes new life into this theme and makes it exciting again.
What I liked most about the story is that the vampires are in space and there is an Artificial intelligence that has feelings, which ensures that there is never a dull moment in this book.
People who love vampire and sci-fi themes will enjoy this book. Even if you don’t generally like this theme, I recommend you give Burton’s take on it a chance. This book will pleasantly surprise you.
Go visit the website today. https://davidburtonwriting.com
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