by Dacre Stoker
First published 2020
Bram Stoker crouches in darkness, surrounded by mirrors, crosses, holy water, and weapons. The year is 1868, and he prepares for the longest night of his life. An inhuman beast stalks him, and he knows this confrontation will test everything he believes about the world. As he waits for the attack, Bram chronicles the events that brought him to this moment. His narrative reaches back to his childhood illness, his mysterious aunt Ellen, and years of unexplained occurrences he could never understand. The incredible stories he once dismissed as fairy tales have revealed themselves as truth. Monsters exist, and Bram must face this reality. His determination to share his experiences with the world drives him to document every detail of his supernatural encounters. The young man who will one day create literature's most famous vampire must first survive his own encounter with the undead.
Genres: historical-fiction, horror, supernatural, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: survival, unreliable-narrator
Setting: 1868
Period: 1868
544 pages · Paperback · Czarna Owca
Content warnings: violence