They Thirst

In a chilling tale of urban horror, Robert McCammon's "They Thirst" plunges Los Angeles into an escalating nightmare as ancient vampire Prince Conrad Vulkan establishes his lair in a decaying Hollywood castle. His sinister ambition is to transform the City of Angels into a necropolis, replacing humanity with his undead legions, starting with society's most vulnerable. As the city bleeds under a growing tide of violence and mysterious disappearances, a disparate band of individuals is drawn into an unlikely fight for survival. This group includes a young boy seeking vengeance for his devoured parents, a television star whose lover possesses a supernatural connection, a dying priest chosen for a divine mission, a reporter investigating eerie desecrations, and, most crucially, LAPD Detective Andy Palatazin. A Hungarian immigrant and survivor of a childhood vampire attack, Palatazin has dedicated his life to hunting such evils. He understands that confronting Vulkan means a perilous, possibly suicidal, invasion of the vampire's stronghold, but it's the only hope to save Los Angeles and, potentially, the world from a terrifying new dawn of darkness.