Covenant With the Vampire: The Diaries of the Family Dracul

By Jeanne Kalodigris

Beginning fifty years before the start of Bram Stoker's novel, Covenant With the Vampire introduces us to Dracula's family, who are bound by a covenant as ancient as their blood to serve Dracula and to protect him. At the castle of Prince Vlad Tsepesh, also known as Dracula, Vlad's great-nephew Arkady has recently taken over the job of managing the thriving, busy estate. Arkady is honored to care for his beloved though eccentric great-uncle...until he begins to realize what is expected of him in this new role. Either he provides his great-uncle with victims to satisfy his needs, or Vlad will kill those whom Arkady loves. When Arkady learns that his newborn son is being groomed to follow one day in his footsteps, he knows that he must fight Dracula, even if it means his death.

Paperback Dell (1995)