Retellings

If you're looking for a blend of dark fantasy and romance, "Dying Wish" might just hit the mark. Jackie's story of emerging from captivity with a newfound purpose is both gripping and heart-wrenching. Choosing Iain, the Theronai warrior who has given up on his own salvation, adds a compelling layer to this tale where love battles the bleakest of fates. Shannon K. Butcher weaves a tale that isn't just about the physical battles against the Synestryn, but also about the internal struggles that can define and change us.

When we first meet Renfield in Dracula, he is a tortured soul in decline, a fly-gobbling, Scripture-quoting lunatic who acts as a haunted harbinger of Dracula's arrival in England. At the novel's climax, readers discover that Renfield, under restraint in the asylum of Dr. John Seward, has been in psychic communication with Dracula all along, acting as his eyes and ears in expectation of unspeakable rewards.Now, in an ingenious work of fiction, author Tim Lucas at last brings Renfield's own story to light. The Book of Renfield is a collection of the long-lost private diaries, professional journals, and wax-cylinder recordings that comprise Dr. Seward's obsessive study of Renfield. Featuring appearances by many of the characters from the original Dracula, Lucas's novel takes on the frighteningly realistic tone of a textual documentary as it illuminates the warped consciousness of Renfield and reveals, through a series of stories from his childhood, how this poor unfortunate was predisposed to become the ideal portal for evil.