This, the first book in the 'New Dracula' series is as brilliantly executed as it is gleefully irreverent. Saberhagen landed the Bram Stoker's Dracula novelisation chores on the strength of The Dracula Tapes, and it's easy to see why. Listen, as Count Dracula sets the record straight. Here, then, is the story of the Count's greatest love, Mina Harker, and the bloodthirsty vampire hunters hose cruel pursuit drove the master of the night to actions ever more ruthless. Those who hunt him are the true villains, for they seek to kill what they do not understand. Brain Stoker portrayed him as a terrifying creature of the night, heartless, soul-less, preying on the pure and innocent.ĭracula is no villain but a tower of strength, eternally protecting his land and his people from the depredations of invaders.
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