TWILIGHT PROPHECY presented a surprisingly unique twist to vampire lore. Maggie Shayne's blend of ancient civilization history and present day vampires was magnificent! I absolutely loved the new legends that Shayne presented in this book. The history of vampires has almost always followed a certain path. Mixing Sumerian legends and twisting them for her own purposes was simply brilliant. TWILIGHT PROPHECY is a definite addition to my collection and those of vampire lovers everywhere.

The story begins with James Poe a vampire in denial that he is anything but a vampire. James has forsaken the ways of his people and used his "gift" for his own purposes. Playing god, James has healed the sick and saved children from death across the globe. When an ex-DPI agent blows the world with his new book announcing that vampires are a hidden secret all hell breaks loose. In the midst of all the chaos one woman stands alone. One woman that James is somehow drawn to protect, to defend, and one woman that he wants to see him for the person that he is. Lucy Lanfair has indeed turned James' world upside down. Trying to find a way to decipher an ancient stone tablet that holds the key to saving his people is the least of James' problems. Now he must prove to himself and to Lucy that all his good intentions have not gone wrong. Is his gift truly a blessing or the devil in disguise?

As a linguist and archeologist, Lucy Lanfair has made the discovery of a lifetime. She has uncovered a prophecy from the time of Kings and Gods; a prophecy that is unlike any other in existence. Lucy has always played it safe from her home, her job, and her basement filled with books, a life of adventure was not something Lucy ever dreamed about. But it is exactly what her find has given her. The prophecy that she uncovered has led directly to James Poe and Lucy is the only one who can decipher the writing on the texts and uncover the secret to saving the vampire race. Running for their lives from vigilante humans who have decided to exterminate them, James and Lucy are thrown together to fight, to build, and maybe to destroy. What happens when it is all over? More importantly, what happens to Lucy's life without James in it?