Perfect Shadows

England, 1593: Shakespeare's stage is a vampire's hunting ground.Christopher Marlowe, poet and playwright, has played and lost his dangerous game of baiting England's nobles. Betrayed and murdered, he finds himself transformed within a far more ancient game, in which he and others hunt humans as prey — while some of them hunt him. His only hope is the vampire who has resurrected him: Rósza la Loba, the protégé of Vlad Drakul. His wits clouded, one eye blind from his death-wound, Marlowe is still determined to exploit his new life: seduction of men and women alike, power, immortality — and above all, a path to those who believe they have killed him. From the dark streets of London to the plot-riddled court of Queen Elizabeth, Marlowe will exact a terrible vengeance. But there are enemies more terrible than he has yet begun to grasp...