Our intrepid heroes are professors armed with good intentions, intelligence, and translation skills, rather than weapons. That decision puts her on a collision course with Vlad Țepeș, the 15th-century prince of Wallachia, a.k.a., Vlad the Impaler.Īs the unnamed heroine searches for her father, he’s on his own mysterious mission and has teamed up with a motley, but endearing, crew of helpers. When her father disappears, she sets out on a quest to find him and to resolve the secrets of the letters. She reads the letters and is suddenly more frightened than she’s ever been. The story begins in 1970s Amsterdam: Late one night, while exploring her father’s library, a teenage girl finds a collection of old letters and a mysterious book that’s blank except for an illustration of a fearsome dragon.
Or this: Most of the action takes place in historical libraries, dusty archives, and mountaintop monasteries - or around tables loaded with endless cups of tea, pastries, and Balkan food. If you want more, try this: It’s a spine-tingling page-turner and a celebration of the unbreakable bonds we form with people in the unlikeliest of circumstances.
‘Vampire librarian.’ If those two words have sold you on this book, feel free to stop reading this and get your hands on a copy of the book immediately.
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