Man Made Monster

A Tale of the Vampire Calvin Bannister

Newly reborn as a vampire, 17-year-old Calvin Bannister journeys from the Civil War battlefield where he died to the cane fields and swamps of his Louisiana home. He finds his family barricaded in their farmhouse, set upon by humanoid creatures that swarm over Calvin and force him to flee. The next night, he tracks them to a secret village deep in the swamp, where even gators fear to hunt. Drums pound in the night, and bonfires glow, and Calvin faces the consequences of bestowing his dark curse upon another soul. First introduced in the second novel of The Caliban Cycle, "And the Moon Made Blood," Calvin Bannister reveals the secret origin of his greatest foe.