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The classic vampire story that started it all gets new life for a generation of connected teens 18-year-old Jonathan Harker is diagnosed with a rare blood disorder after visiting a Romanian Count. His girlfriend Mina and a pre-med student named Van Helsing team up to investigate the source of the disease. The teenagers discover a horrifying truth: the Count is a vampire. The harrowing events unfold through emails, text messages, web pages, Twitter feeds, and instant messaging-the natural modernization of Bram Stoker's original Dracula, which was written in letters, diary entries, and news clippings. "What happened?" "Not sure. I was fine when I went to bed." "But?" "But I dreamed that someone got into my room." "Who?" "I don't remember his face. He was tall, thin, pale...I was paralyzed. And then my neck hurt and my mouth was full of..." "Of what?" "Blood. My mouth was full of blood."
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"Dracula is coming, but he's arriving on the shores of 2010 New York instead of 1897 England, with cell phones and laptops replacing the letters and newspaper clippings of Stoker's era. Forget the modern vampire, who sparkles in the sunlight and struggles with the desire for blood. Black brings Bram into the modern age with e-mails, smart phones and websites, all while preserving the brooding hear
Kirkus Reviews
"At first glance, this take on Bram Stoker's Dracula-told exclusively through text messages, Web browser screens, e-mails, and various photo and PDF attachments-looks like shameless pandering. But check out the first text: "Renfield had a psychotic break. Carted off to Bellevue. More l8r. " It's an opening gambit indicative of Black's storytelling instinct, which consistently proves itself able to
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