If you like vampire novels listen up! The first book up for grabs in our 12 Days of Giveaways is Sustenance by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Sustenance is the 27th book in Yarbro’s Saint-Germain series. Each book is capable of standing alone, so don’t fret if you haven’t read the previous 26 books! Instructions on how you can win a copy follow the book and author blurbs below. Good luck!
The vampire Count Saint-Germain protects Americans fleeing persecution—and becomes trapped in a web of betrayal, deceit, and murder in post-WWII Europe in Chelsea Quinn Yarbro’s SUSTENANCE
The powerful House Un-American Activities Committee hunted communists both at home and abroad. In the late 1940s, the vampire Count Saint-Germain is caught up in intrigue surrounding a group of Americans who have fled to postwar Paris. Some speak out against HUAC and battle the authorities.
Saint-Germain swears to do his best to protect his friends, but even his skills may not be able to stand against agents of the OSS and the brand-new CIA. And he has an unexpected weakness: his lover, Charis, who has returned to Paris under mysterious circumstances.
About the Author:
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro is both a Grand Master and a Living Legend of Horror. She has received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement; various of her works have been finalists for the World Fantasy, Bram Stoker, and Edgar Allen Poe awards. Her interests range from music – she composes and has studied seven different instruments, as well as voice – to history, from horseback riding to needlepoint.
Her writing is similarly wide-ranging; she has written everything from Westerns to mysteries, from science fiction to nonfiction history. Yarbro has written more than twenty-five novels starring her vampire hero, the Count Saint-Germain, including the seminal Hotel Transylvania (a finalist for Vampire Novel of the Century), Night Pilgrims, Commedia della Morte, and An Embarrassment of Riches. Each novel stands on its own and can be read independently.
She has received the Knightly Order of the Brasov Citadel from the Transylvanian Society of Dracula and was the novelist guest of honor at the first World Dracula Congress in Romania.
Yarbro has always lived in California and currently makes her home in the Berkeley area. Connect with her on her website.
Giveaway – Special thanks to Tor/Forge for our giveaway copy!
One lucky winner will have the opportunity to win a hardcover copy of Sustenance by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro! For your chance to win simply leave a comment below. Comments will be accepted through midnight on Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Winner will be picked at random and announced on Thursday, January 1, 2015. Open to US residents only. Good luck!
Reflections of a Book Addict 
A 27 book series? Seriously?
Sounds like a great read. I would love to win this book, Sustenance. Good luck all.
I am new to this series but because I love books that are a part of a series, I’d like to enter. Of course the vampire element is fascinating too!
This sounds like a great blend of genres and I’m glad to hear that it’s good to read as a stand-alone too. Thanks for the chance to win.
I confess to having a love of vampires and first saw Bela Lugosi on screen as Count Dracula. Forward to Lestat and on and on. Not familiar with this one would love to win. Thank you for the opportunity.
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This one sounds intriguing.
Looking forward to some great reads over the holiday break!
Looks like an awesome read!
Hold on, 27? Oh my god. That reminds me of sherrilyn Kenyon (I believe….?). That’s pretty impressive. But vampires and history?? Yes. My type of book.
Omg, 27 books in a series. That’s a lot of books to read to catch up to this one. Hopefully, it does standalone.