by Kim Newman
First published 1993
Professor Van Helsing has failed. Count Dracula rules Victorian London after four centuries of plotting in his Transylvanian stronghold. The vampire plague spreads through the heart of the British Empire as Dracula's conquest succeeds where history says it should have failed. Newman drops readers into an alternate 1885 where the familiar monster has won and vampirism infects the highest levels of society. Historical figures mingle with fictional characters in this reimagined world where the undead hold power. The fog of London conceals new horrors as politics, romance, and mystery collide in a Britain transformed by supernatural rule. This altered timeline explores what happens when the villain triumphs and reshapes an entire civilization in his image.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, fantasy, horror, 19th-century, alternate-history
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: London, Transylvania
Period: 1885
359 pages · Hardcover · Carroll & Graf Pub
Content warnings: violence