Publisher's Synopsis
Book 2 in the Award-Winning Series:
Byron warned them to never go out after dark. There are dangerous creatures prowling in the woods, driven down from the mountains in hunger. Mary didn't believe him.
Then she saw one last night. After it ripped apart a pack of wolves.
Now Byron is gone, and both John and Percy may have fallen prey to hydrophobia-for there's a frightening madness in their behavior. On top of that, Claire has gone into premature labor and Mary will do anything to save her stepsister's baby.
She'll even ride off alone to Geneva, seeking a midwife, knowing that both Claire and her baby may die without one. But it's already midday and Mary fears she won't make it back before dark, when the vampire-like creatures will begin to hunt again.
And dusk is fast approaching...
- 2019 Realm Award for Supernatural/Paranormal/Horror.
- 2019 Moonbeam Children's Book Award, Silver Medal Winner: Young Adult Fiction - Horror/Mystery.
Digital, Print, and Audible Books in Merrie Destefano's Award-Winning Frankenstein Saga series include:
① Book 1: Shade: A Re-Imagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
② Book 2: Dusk: A Re-Imagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
③ Book 3: Dawn: A Re-Imagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
④ Print Book of all 3 novellas: Shade: The Complete Trilogy: A Re-Imagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Frankenstein meets Dracula in this Gothic retelling of Mary Shelley's classic tale.
What readers have to say about this series:
"Beautiful and atmospheric."
"Merrie takes the reader on a Gothic horror thrill ride through Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin's eyes..."
"Shade hit the ground running from page 1."
"Again, Merrie Destefano keeps a relentless, page-turning pace that will leave you at the end breathless and anxious..."
"A beautifully written story that reminded me of the TV miniseries, The Frankenstein Chronicles, which I also loved."
"Shade is an imaginative and fantastical recreation of not just Frankenstein, but the entire tale regarding how Mary Shelley came up with the story!"
"Merrie Destefano breathes new life into the Gothic horror genre with SHADE, a gorgeously written re-imagining of FRANKENSTEIN from the point-of-view of Mary Godwin."
"With its haunting imagery, electrical tension, and compelling characters, SHADE will appeal to fans of Ransom Rigg's MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN and Angela Carter's THE BLOODY CHAMBER."
For fans of the Netflix program, THE FRANKENSTEIN CHRONICLES, AND I DARKEN by Kiersten White, SOMETHING STRANGE AND DEADLY by Susan Dennard, and BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA.
