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Fears of the Vampire
'Two sides of Life'
© All rights reserved - 1998 - 2001
The Overview -
Fears
of the Vampire is a story about survival. The survival of those
who are believed to never die. As the pages of this story are
turned characters are unfolded with them. Among these characters
are a few very powerful Vampires struggling with survival. These
Vampires, having evolved from humans, bring with them into their
new life the age old complexities that they would hope to leave
behind. Being more powerful, richer or less able to die doesn't
change the prevailing motive - the will to exist. Throughout the
book, the fear of losing life and love is ever present. While
the fastest Antelope hopes never to be caught the most cunning
and strongest Lion hopes never to be without food. The fear or
anxiety of losing what we have is great; the fear of losing our
own existence is overwhelming.
Jebel keeps others off guard throughout the story with his mental
power. His mindshifts and mind moves
keep others wondering were and when he may turn up. Better still,
wondering where they may turn up. Slipping in and out of other
dimensions and pulling others through time and space is his specialty.
The
identity of father and then grandfather creeps up and has Jebel
fully in its clutches before the ancient mind makes the connection.
He tells of a time when he had love and it was taken from him.
His
mentor, Amunna, and his female love, Nefertiti, were taken away
from him in a moment of weakness and now he suffers terribly from
guilt that he hadn't fought hard enough for them.
Now
he is forced to come to grips with emotional ties again. They
are not just responsibilities. He has a family and friends that
he couldn't bare losing. Slowly through the story we see him as
acting caretaker, giving his family - now including his friends
- the tools and the opportunities to learn how to cope with whatever
life deals them. He prepares them as best he can for the time
when he may not be there anymore.
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