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Riverdale Avenue Books Republishes Classic Gay Vampire Novel, "The Blood of Kings" by John Michael Curlovich
The innovative hybrid publisher, Riverdale Avenue Books has republished tone of the first gay vampire novels, The Blood of Kings by John Michael Curlovich. The novel was first printed in 2005 by LGBT publishing pioneer Alyson Books.
The University of Pittsburgh campus is anything but quiet the summer Jamie, a hunky college sophomore, feeling brokenhearted after being dumped by his first boyfriend, decides to audit a summer class on Egyptology taught by the magnetic Dr. Danilo. Several of the university's star athletes are then found murdered, their bodies completely desiccated, but Jamie has other things on his mind, as Danilo's attention turns decidedly unprofessorial. Soon, he is swept up in a passionate affair with his teacher. When Danilo invites Jamie to travel with him, first to Paris and then to Egypt, the young man leaps at the chance, but in Paris, events turn sinister. At the Louvre, an exhibit of Egyptian artifacts includes a relief of a pharaoh kissing his son and successor, who bears more than a slight resemblance to Danilo. Taken alone, this means little, but a murder identical to those in Pittsburgh occurs, and Jamie begins to have uneasy suspicions. In Egypt, Jamie questions Danilo and learns of an ancient cult of kings connected by a single bloodline extending through centuries. Danilo is on a quest to invigorate this line of kings by initiating them and training them to use their power. Those who had been denied their own birthright died so that Danilo might live. Now Jamie must choose whether to return to the world he has known, or to join his lover and mentor in a life of passion, power and blood.
"Far too many Americans know very little about the past--and about the glorious lessons it can teach us," said Author John Michael Curlovich. "The LGBT past has been glorious; kings, philosophers, great artists have been in our numbers. The story of a gay immortal, striding the centuries and knowing many of these exciting figures, struck me as a marvelous vehicle for attempting to resurrect bits of that past. Making that immortal a kind of vampire only made it more delicious for me (revenge really is a dish best served cold). And I've gotten feedback from younger gay men telling me how pleased and inspired they were by The Blood of Kings. So I'm only too happy that Riverdale is bringing it back into print."
"I'm so proud to be republishing this classic gay horror novel. It was one of the first gay vampire novels published. Curlovich is a master horror writer who also wrote horror under a pen name, so he knows both the gay and horror literary traditions" said Publisher Lori Perkins.
The Blood of Kings is the first novel in a series. Blood Prophet, the sequel, will be published next year in time for Halloween, and Curlovich is currently working on a new novel in the series, Blood Music.
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About Riverdale Avenue Books
Riverdale Avenue Books is an award winning, innovative hybrid publisher at the leading edge of the changes in the publishing industry. We publish e-books and print titles under 13 imprints: Desire, an erotica/erotic romance imprint; Riverdale/Magnus the award-winning imprint of LGBT titles; Pop featuring pop culture titles; Afraid, a horror line; SFF, a science fiction fantasy line; Truth, an erotic memoir line; Dagger, a mystery thriller imprint; Sports and Gaming featuring sports and gaming titles; Verve featuring lifestyle titles; Hera featuring both the true and fictional lives and loves of women aged 35 and up; 120 Days an LGBT pulp fiction line and Circlet, an erotica/erotic romance imprint. Started in 2012 by industry veteran Lori Perkins, Riverdale is a full service publisher, with a subsidiary rights department. Visit us at www.RiverdaleAveBooks.com
