Blood of the Nightshade

About the Book

In 1883, London, a man named Richard Burley questions if he’s a murderer after he wakes up one morning with a wounded tongue and bloody hands. The headline to the Post reads, One Killed By Vampire! The victim—a wealthy socialite—has holes in his neck and his blood has been drained. However, the problem for Richard is he has no memory of what happened that night. Shortly thereafter, he has an odd encounter with a French physician named Najac—creator of the Brotherhood of the Cloak society—who tells Richard his loss of memory is due to an epileptic fit that occurred after the murder. More murders, more epileptic fits, and more memory loss persist. The secret society become his memory. But can the they be trusted? Why does the idea of a mythical bloodsucker cling to Richard’s subconscious? These are just some of the enigmatic questions that riddles Richard Burley´s mind. Only a poisonous plant called the Deadly Nightshade and a woman he comes to love keeps him away from the precipice that overlooks a mental breakdown. Now prepare yourself to be sent down a path of uncertainty, guilt, disease, murder, love, blind faith, liberation, myth, science, and revenge in the novel—Blood of the Nightshade!

About the Author

Archer Aames lives a comfortable life in Asheville, North Carolina, who spends most of his time reading, writing, and researching. He likens himself to a literary Magellan, exploring many volumes of books until he circumvents enough of the inked oceans of the printed page to spark his own fantasies. Something he can create and add to the human library. To simply put it, he’s a lover of art and an author of expression.