The Sleeper has awakened, hear the call! Houses, witness the breaking of the seal. To part his flesh, the edge of doom shall fall, And spill his blood, his purpose to reveal. Their origins lie in a distant and almost forgotten past. Though humanity refers to them as vampires, they have long had another name for themselves. The Breed. Since the days of Coloque, the Separation, they have dwelled among us (but not of us), hidden by a protective cloak of ignorance and superstition which has shielded them as their wealth and power have grown. Their society is represented by twelve Great Houses, each a law unto themselves, answering to no one outside of their own familial walls for untold centuries. Those days are no more. For a hidden terror has surfaced, threatening Breed and human alike. One by one the scions of House Ember have vanished, swallowed by a secret and frigid darkness now threatening those Houses which yet remain. And their last hope has lain somnolent for decades within the shimmering clouds of a silver dream. Until now. For the Sleeper has awakened. From an early age Walter Spence channeled his fascination with life, the universe and everything into an obsession with the literary and dramatic arts. After years of splitting his attention between writing and acting, he realized a choice had to be made. After collaborating with fantasy author and Compton Crook Award winner Holly Lisle on The Devil & Dan Cooley (book two of the Devil's Point trilogy) he began working on various projects, including a novel called The Caballa, which he describes as "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, as written by Stephen King." During this time he was "sideswiped" by the idea for a multi-volume tale of humans and vampires joining in common cause against a mutual enemy, a series he titled The Breed Wars. This saga begins in his most recent novel, House of Shadows, and will be continued in book two of the series, The Secret Room. If you'd like to drop by and say hello, his newsgroup can be found at http: //webnews.sff.net under: sff.people.walter-spence. And if you'd like to visit his web site, it can be found at http: //sff.net/people/walter.spence. Used Book in Good Condition