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Another title back in print after 30 years!

THE DELICATE DEPENDENCY (1982) has long been regarded as one of the best vampire novels ever written, but until now readers have been forced to pay huge sums for dilapidated old paperback copies. It was the first, and best, novel by Michael Talbot (1953-1994), a brilliant gay author more famous for a nonfiction book, The Holographic Universe, which examines the idea that the entire universe is a holographic projection. How good is it? It has 21 five-star reviews on Amazon and a whopping 4.34 average on Goodreads! Features a new foreword by Jillian Venters, author of Gothic Charm School: An Essential Guide for Goths and Those Who Love Them

Included in Fangoria’s Top 10 Books That Suck list. The best vampire novels ever written.

“The past half-decade has seen a glut of vampire novels, but few as ambitious and seriously intended as this one … an impressive book, unflaggingly interesting.” – Publishers Weekly

“The tension builds page by page to a stunning climax … I doubt that I will ever forget it.” – Whitley Strieber, author of The Hunger and The Wolfen

“[O]ne of the most impressive explorations of a vampire mind ever written … a novel of considerable suspense … compelling and deeply original.” – Darrell Schweitzer, Encyclopedia of the Vampire

http://www.valancourtbooks.com/the-delicate-dependency-1982.html

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Guys, guys, guys. I know we’re all going to need a palette cleanser after Realms of Atlantis. So might I suggest this criminally underrated novel?

This is one of my favorite vampire books. I was thrilled and honored when Valancourt Books asked me to write the foreward.