Draculas

<p>Mortimer Moorecook, retired Wall Street raider, avid collector, is losing his fight against cancer. With weeks to live, a package arrives at the door of his hillside mansiona &quote;an artifact he paid millions fora a hominoid skull with elongated teeth, discovered in a farmers field in the Romanian countryside. With Shanna, his beautiful research assistant looking on, he sinks the skulls razor sharp fangs into his neck, and immediately goes into convulsions.</p><p>A rural hospital. A slow night in the ER. Until Moorecook arrives strapped to a gurney, where he promptly codes and dies.</p><p>Four well-known horror authors pool their penchants for scares and thrills, and tackle one of the greatest of all legends, with each writer creating a unique character and following them through a vampire outbreak in a secluded hospital.</p><p>The goal was simple: write the most intense novel they possibly could. Which they did. A Word of Warning: Within this story, you will find no black capes, no satin-lined coffins, no brooding heartthrobs who want to talk about your feelings. Forget sunlight and stakes. Throw out your garlic and your crosses. This is the Anti-<i>Twilight</i>.</p>