Merneptah Seti lay on his death bed, his head swimming with
memories of his all too brief life. With all eternity
stretching out before him, Seti, known to history as
warrior Pharaoh Seti III, felt fear for perhaps the first
time in his 30-odd years. As his life slips away, Seti
makes a desperate decision, one that will guarantee him
eternal life.
Thousands of years later, the warrior king awakes. Changing
his name to Adrian King, he trades one desert for another
and relocates to Southern Nevada. Adrian opens a casino in
Las Vegas and dubs it The Royal Palace. Here, Adrian houses
a fabulous collection of Egyptian antiquities. A collection
impressive enough to draw even the most knowledgeable of
Egyptologists.
Doctor Christine Day has spent her life studying ancient
culture, in particular Egyptian artifacts. In Las Vegas as
a speaker at an international conference, Christine is a
guest at The Royal Palace. When she first spies the
collection, Christine is impressed and wanders from room to
room enjoying the array of antiquities until quite
suddenly, she realizes she has no idea where she is. She
hears the sound of footsteps and turns around to find
herself in the company of Adrian King, a man she's never
met and so should be a complete stranger to her. But Adrian
is no stranger -- he's haunted her dreams for years.
Originally drawn by the scent of a woman's perfume, a scent
he created himself for a dream lover thousands of years
before, Adrian tracks Christine through the gallery until
he comes face-to-face with her. Adrian is aware that
Christine is the woman bound to him by the gods and fate.
He's also aware that he can't tell her what he knows...yet.
What Adrian cannot know is that, like him, Christine
believes in fate and has already accepted him as her own.
Adrian believes that just as he has awoken in another time,
there have been others to do the same thing. The first to
follow him was his cousin. His general, friend and
protector in life, his cousin continues to serve him now.
And Adrian knows there have been others -- traitors, vermin --
those who betrayed him and have now followed him through
death into the present. Adrian, as well as those who've
followed him, has become Eaters of Blood and Breakers of
Bone. What we today call vampires. Unhuman Demons who are
coming for Adrian and Christine. Although it's Adrian who
possesses the superhuman strength of the living dead,
Christine is the one who holds the key to the traitor's
ultimate destruction. But even with the traitor finally
discovered and defeated, will Adrian choose to stay with
his lover, or in his anguish, choose to face the dawn and
give himself up to the void. Again, it may be up to
Christine to thwart her warrior lover if she is to bind him
to her for this life and beyond.
Elizabeth Guest really has done her research for
NIGHT LIFE. The details are incredible. Her twist on the
Egyptian vampires is completely original. I've never read
anything like this before and that's a telling statement
considering how many vampire novels are on the market
today. Although this is the first book by Elizabeth
Guest, the author has had a previous incarnation
herself as Suzanne Simmons. It didn't surprise me
when I found out -- this isn't the work of a novice.
Ancient Egypt takes a bite out of modern-day Las Vegas.
Once a pharaoh, Adrian King has awakened thousands of years
later - as a vampire. Now the owner of the Royal Palace in
Vegas, he is falling for Egyptologist Christine Day. But
others have awakened who will not rest until Adrian is
destroyed again, even if it means taking the only true love
he's ever known.
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