The Blood of the Vampire

<p><strong>She doesn't drink blood but she drains the very life from those around her.</strong></p><p>When the beautiful exotic and supremely charming Harriet Brandt arrives in English society she instantly captures the attention and affection of everyone she meets. Yet beneath her innocent facade lies a devastating invisible curse: a strain of vampirism inherited from her Creole mother and a long line of ancestors.</p><p>Harriet is not the cloaked fanged monster of folklore; she is something far more dangerous: a psychic vampire. Without malice or even awareness of her own powers she preys upon the vitality health and sanity of her loved ones leaving a trail of physical collapse emotional despair and inexplicable death in her wake.</p><p>As her presence slowly sickens and destroys those in her intimate circle the novel explores the terrifying question: <strong>Is a monster less monstrous if she is unconscious of the evil she commits?</strong></p><p>A sensational and groundbreaking Victorian novel Florence Marryat's <em>The Blood of the Vampire</em> broke away from traditional gothic tropes to pioneer the concept of the energy vampire--a chilling modern monster who thrives not on the grave but in the drawing rooms of high society.</p>