IT'S INDIANA, 1818. MOONLIGHT FALLS THROUGH THE DENSE WOODS THAT SURROUND A ONE-ROOM CABIN, WHERE A NINE-YEAR-OLD ABRAHAM LINCOLN KNEELS AT HIS SUFFERING MOTHER'S BEDSIDE. SHE'S BEEN STRICKEN WITH SOMETHING THE OLD-TIMERS CALL 'MILK SICKNESS'. 'MY BABY BOY...' SHE WHISPERS BEFORE DYING. ONLY LATER WILL THE GRIEVING ABE LEARN THAT HIS MOTHER'S FATAL AFFLICTION WAS ACTUALLY THE WORK OF A VAMPIRE. WHEN THE TRUTH BECOMES KNOWN TO YOUNG LINCOLN, HE WRITES IN HIS JOURNAL, 'HENCEFORTH MY LIFE SHALL BE ONE OF RIGOROUS STUDY AND DEVOTION. I SHALL BECOME A MASTER OF MIND AND BODY. AND THIS MASTERY SHALL HAVE BUT ONE PURPOSE'. GIFTED WITH HIS LEGENDARY HEIGHT, STRENGTH, AND SKILL WITH AN AXE, ABE SETS OUT ON A PATH OF VENGEANCE THAT WILL LEAD HIM ALL THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE. WHILE ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS WIDELY LAUDED FOR SAVING A UNION AND FREEING MILLIONS OF SLAVES, HIS VALIANT FIGHT AGAINST THE FORCES OF THE UNDEAD HAS REMAINED IN THE SHADOWS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS. THAT IS, UNTIL SETH GRAHAME-SM
ISBN Number | 9781849014779 |
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Author/s | GRAHAME SMITH S |
Format | Book |
Edition | 1ST - 2011 |
Publisher | CONSTABLE |
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