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Drew Silver

 


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Drew Silver grew up in a farming community in Indiana, and now resides in San Diego, California. She attended Indiana University where she received a Criminal Justice Degree and went on to work in law enforcement. Silver has spent over twenty years studying the martial arts and mastering various weapons which come to play in her 2nd and 3rd novels set for release in 2007 and 2008.

Silver is a huge fan of the classic vampire story that began when she saw the original Dracula movie staring Bela Lugosi. Inspired by observing the similarities between our lives and that of vampires, Silver’s Vampire trilogy was born. “Vampires seek power, wealth, beauty, and eternal life. Most of us seek that as well and would do whatever we could to get it.”

Wanting to keep the excitement of the vampire realm alive in old fans and hopefully gain new ones, Silver intertwined the past and present in a feasible way with modern themes of science and DNA manipulation. Silver’s combined education and experience in law enforcement, martial arts, and the lifelong attraction to horror themes provide a wealth of possibilities to pull from in this fast paced trilogy. With her captivating writing style and talent for observation, she is reawakening the slumbering expectations of vampire fans everywhere.

The Vampire Within: New Blood

Drew Silver
BookSurge Publishing (2007)
ISBN 9781419667794 
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (7/07)

Synopsis: The Trilogy continues. . . Welcome to Triton City, California, world-renowned for its quality of life, growing economy, and prestigious university. Here one can find an easygoing commute to work, parents can feel secure with their children playing outside during the day, and there are no beggars on the street corners harassing hardworking citizens to spare a dollar or two. In fact, there aren't any homeless to be seen for miles...any homeless who are alive anyway.

Now the city that prided itself on beauty, strength, and power is at the epicenter of a twisted genetics game between two doctors battling to play God, and a group of college students has discovered they are the game's unwilling pawns. They must learn to rely on each other to defeat not only the evil hunting them, but also the vampire within, always itching to reveal itself and test the boundaries of their souls.