
The Delicate Dependency
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Narrated by:
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Matt Godfrey
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By:
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Michael Talbot
They are cool to the touch and alluringly beautiful in their ageless youth. Their laughter seduces, their brilliance beguiles. They guard the secrets of science and history, and the answers to the mysteries of life and death lie within their vastly superior knowledge. In centuries past, they were known as the Illuminati. They are the vampire.
Dr. John Gladstone, a scientist in Victorian London, is thrust into their world after his carriage runs over a young man of angelic beauty named Niccolo. When Niccolo kidnaps Gladstone's child and vanishes, the doctor must go in pursuit, with the help of his daughter, Ursula, who is enticed by the lure of eternal life, and Lady Hespeth, whose demure exterior hides a dangerous obsession. Why are the vampires taking children, and what is the connection to Gladstone's experiments with a deadly virus? And how can he possibly prevail against a race of immortal beings with power and intelligence infinitely beyond his own?
Michael Talbot's The Delicate Dependency (1982) is often cited as one of the best vampire novels ever written.
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Critic reviews
"The tension builds page by page to a stunning climax...I doubt that I will ever forget it." (Whitley Strieber, author of The Hunger and The Wolfen)
"[O]ne of the most impressive explorations of a vampire mind ever written...a novel of considerable suspense...compelling and deeply original." (Darrell Schweitzer, Encyclopedia of the Vampire)
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This is an absolute must read for the vampire aficionado. It should be better known.
The Good: the most original ideas about vampires I’ve ever read. My favorite, vampire monks in the Dark Ages hanging out safely in monasteries with their books.
The Great: an alternative history in which everything in the Library of Alexandria was preserved. (You know you were pissed off the first time you read about that... and every time you thought of it thereafter)
The Bad: it’s an exhaustive exercise in paranoia. It’s one lie after another after another. Also the MCs are dislikable, Ursula most of all. As both of these are best seller trends I’m again surprised more people don’t know about this book.
I’ll end with Niccolo’s words:
“Never trust the vampire, for everything they say and do is for some other purpose. They will play a cruel and enigmatic ‘game of the mind’ with you and it will be up to you to solve the puzzle...”
A Must Read for the Vampire Aficionado
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The Chatty Vampires? 🤔
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ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT
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"Nothing is as it seems."
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Typical Vampire story but not...
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Great Book!
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Perfect Book For Vampire Lovers !!!
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A lovely novel!
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Great vampire story
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One of the best vampire novels of all time
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