The Last American Vampire
ISBN 978-1455502127 | |
The Last American Vampire is an
The novels follows the life of an American vampire from the
Plot
After turning assassinated President Abraham Lincoln into a vampire from the first book, vampire Henry O. Sturges, Lincoln's vampire-hunting mentor, realizes he has gone against the rules of the Union of Vampires by doing so. Lincoln is horrified at becoming a vampire, as it turns him into the exact thing he has been fighting all his life, jumps out the window and burns himself to death.
Henry is summoned to New York City, the Union's headquarters, by their leader Adam Plantagenet, a highly respected older vampire, alive since 1305. He shows Henry boxes containing the heads of some of their emissaries along with a note from the mysterious "A. Grander VIII". He is tasked with finding and stopping this man from destroying more vampires. Plantagenet himself is killed soon after.
Henry decides to begin his hunt in London, England, under the guise of a textile importer. Unsure where first to go, he decides to find out the vampire presence here. It turns out that Henry Irving, a famed actor in England, is a vampire. Wanting to get in touch with Irving, he tracks down and finds his assistant, Abraham "Bram" Stoker. Initially reluctant to allow Henry access to his charge, he relents when Henry reveals his vampirism. Stoker and his family quickly become one of Henry's close friends.
Along the way, Henry reveals some of the events from his life as a human and his early time as a vampire including turning his adopted daughter, the first English baby born in the "New World",
The last portion of the novel has Henry meeting Alexei Romanov, also a vampire, who attempts to recruit him, now the last known American vampire, into a reconstituted Union of Vampires.
Television adaptation
In October 2018, it was announced that
See also
References
- ^ The Last American Vampire
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (October 10, 2018). "'The Last American Vampire' Drama Based On Book From Seth Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg & Terry Matalas Set At NBC". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ Low, Elaine (2020-10-21). "As Quibi Shutters, So Goes Nearly $2 Billion in Major Hollywood Investments". Variety. Retrieved 2022-12-12.