Dracula's Dog by Kenneth C. Johnson6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The Count takes his time before appearing, leaving the stage open to an amoral Elizabeth Bathory and trio of vampiric lovers, who hiss and dismember their way through 1912 London. This time, the unlikely heroes who set out to destroy Dracula are semi-destroyed themselves, even as a new menace stalks them. But readers expecting a return to the brooding sexually-charged ambiance of the original will be disappointed. There have been numerous sequels, yet none carried the Stoker family endorsement until now.ĭracula the Un-Dead employs Stoker’s original title and was penned jointly by Stoker’s great-grand-nephew and a Dracula historian using notes left by Stoker and excised portions of his original text, the authors have constructed the perfect 21st-century sequel to a tale that has enthralled generations before them. Since publication in 1897, Dracula has accomplished far more than sell millions of copies and inspire countless incarnations it has left an indelible mark on our cultural consciousness. Time is their standard, and in the case of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, time has proven an invaluable ally, much as it was for the novel’s irresistible lead. ![]()
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