Craven

Chuck Hughes

dek, 2012 · iUniverse

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When a strange creature leads a band of marauders to ravage his village and kill his parents, young Craven Arneau escapes and seeks revenge. During his flight to safety, he is befriended by a reticent monk who takes him to the safety of his monastery. There he meets Danielle, a young peasant girl who tempers all thoughts of revenge. However, his contentment is short-lived when his past catches up with him in the form of a cuckold Baron who charges him with rape and murder. Craven is again forced to leave his life behind. While on the dusty, dirt road to safety, more tragedy befalls him; those he left behind at the monastery fall prey to the evil creature who fed upon his village. When his journey brings him to the French town of La Rochelle, Maurice Chassell, an ancient Vampire, convinces him that in order to destroy the horror that has tormented him all these years, he must die and become its equal. However, despite his alliance with Maurice, revenge constantly evades him. Only when he encounters Joseph, a Vampire even older than Maurice, does he come face to face with the lies and deception that have tormented him since his death and rebirth.

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Hughes’s career in the United States Navy included tours of duty with the USMC, patrol duty aboard the nuclear submarine, USS Francis Scott Key, and a tour of duty in Vietnam. After retiring from the navy in 1976, he obtained certification as a Physician Assistant from the Medical University of S.C., followed by graduate and postgraduate degrees from the University of N.C., Charlotte. Born in Waynesboro, Va., the author now resides in Salisbury, N.C., where he works as a Physician Assistant at the W.G. “Bill” Hefner VAMC. The author’s previous novels include Darcy Miller, Exodus Conspiracy, Mulberry Street, and The Wedjat. His new novel, Craven, answers the question: Where do Vampires go to die?