Kiss of Life

Kiss of Life is the sequel to Porter's novelette, 'Dracula Doesn't Live Here Anymore.' A year after meeting the enigmatic Christina Radaluc during his investigation into the so-called Vampire Murders in Romania, investigative journalist Alan Dexter finds himself beset by a recurring nightmare. Christina, he believes, is calling to him. She is in trouble, and needs his help, though how she could possibly reach into his dreams is a mystery to him. On such flimsy 'evidence' Dexter enlists the help of his friend and fellow journalist Karen Bailey, who, though skeptical of his story, agrees to travel to Romania with him to assist in his quest to find and solve the mystery of Christina's appearance in his nightmares. On arriving in Romania they discover that not only Christina, but her brother, a local police officer, have been missing for months, and the pair set out to find them. Dexter retraces his steps from his previous visit to Romania hoping to find some connection with his previous investigation and the current disappearance of the woman he realizes he has fallen in love with.What they discover however, takes them far beyond the realms of the believable as the intrepid pair enter a dark world of long -forgotten practices and fear-filled corridors. Do vampires really exist? Can Dexter and Karen save the beautiful Christina and her brother from the jaws of a living nightmare far more terrible than anything Dexter's own fevered dreams could produce? As the story moves from the city to the cold, bare, mountainous regions of Transylvania, land of myth and terrifying legend and the ancestral home of Christina's family, Kiss of Life moves ever closer to it's shattering and terrible conclusion.


Genre: Horror