Ascent of Evil (The Darke Lyfe Trilogy) [Kindle Edition]

Michael Goldcraft (Author)

Book Description

Anthropologist Steven Atticus found more than a preserved Viking corpse in that cold Canadian lake. He found the progenitor of the vampyre race. And now he and a special task force, including the FBI, race to prevent the unthinkable from happening in a city by the sea -- because vampyres are real, genetically-altered predators. Harrison Van Gilter is one of those predators, and now Panama City, Florida is his for the taking!
From the Canadian savannah to the Netherlands; and from Florida to Suriname -- the hunt is on. A hunt for victims, a serial killer, and a global race of predators. Predators whose prey is the dominant species on earth!

Product Details

• File Size: 753 KB
• Print Length: 366 pages
• Publisher: Brothersons Press, Brim Business Inc; 1st E-book Kindle Edition edition (October 16, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0047GNDDE
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #727,615 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Imaginitive... December 10, 2012

By Joelius

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I found the characters were very well formed, the plot was deep, and I was always wanting to read more. What else needs to be said?

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally, vampires make sense July 30, 2012

By beachbugs

Format:Kindle Edition

If you are remotely interested in vampires, or if you just don't "get" vampires, this is the book for you. I have never had much of an interest in vampires because I could not make the blood extraction thing make sense to me. Mike Brim has done a fine job of crossing that gap. Using his biological background and extensive research, he found a way for me to buy the idea. Once that was settled, I relaxed and enjoyed the book. And I think you will too. The characters are believable, the background is well-researched, and the pace of the story hardly gives you time to breathe. I don't see Ascent of Evil is something that one might read in one sitting, but it is one of those books that you are thinking about when you have put it down to do something else. I wanted to get back to it, and that is, at least for my pleasure reading, the gold standard.

More About the Author

MICHAEL GOLDCRAFT (The pen name for Michael S. Brim, M.S.)

WEBSITES:
http://www.brimbooks.com
http://www.michaelgoldcraft.wordpress.com
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/MichaelGoldcraft

BRIEF BIO:

Michael Goldcraft lives in Panama City, Florida. He received a degree in biology from the University of Utah and a graduate degree in marine environmental studies from the State University of New York. After thirty years as a marine ecologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, he retired to accept the position of executive director for the St. Andrew Bay Environmental Study Team, Inc. He also served for twelve years on the adjunct faculty of Gulf Coast State College teaching marine biology, human biology and zoology.

Writing under his real name, Michael S. Brim, he has written an important self-improvement, reality-check book for women entitled: Men of Planet Earth - A Female's Guide to the Male Population and the Good Guys Hidden Within It. Men of Planet Earth is aimed at helping every woman reach her full potential, increase her self-esteem, and find a man who is truly worthy of her. It's a clearly factual trip into relationships, romance, sexually-transmitted diseases, birth control, and the most important components of a lasting relationship including children and the entire family. MSB

THE GOLDCRAFT BOOKS

THE DARKE LYFE TRILOGY: Michael Goldcraft has written three horror/mystery thrillers that make up the trilogy. All books are available as Kindle e-books or as autographed quality trade paperbacks available from www.brimbooks.com

Ascent of Evil is Tome I of the Trilogy.
Inherited Evil is Tome II of the Trilogy.
Arcanum of Evil is Tome III of the Trilogy.

With biologically-credible vampires and vampyres (there is a difference) as a central component, the trilogy is truly a multi-genre, big tale. Sure it's horror. But it is so much more. It's 1,300 pages (three books) of mystery, suspense, crime detection, court-room drama, science fiction (Crichton style), romance, sex, and thrills. The first and second books both won first place awards in the horror/dark fantasy category of the Royal Palm Literary Awards, Florida Writers Association, Orlando. The third novel, Arcanum of Evil, is in competition now. And, a script of the first novel, Ascent of Evil, is being reviewed by a major film producer as of July 14, 2012.

This isn't a vampire story for teenagers or young adults. It's a "thinking reader's" descent into a world of real vampire predators: an entire global race that has been responsible, for hundreds of years, for millions of unsolved crimes. It's a contemporary tale set in Panama City, Florida, Massachusetts, Romania, The Netherlands, and Suriname. But it's mostly in Florida. A small coastal city is threatened by a psychotic, egotistical, charming, cunning, cold, calculating vampire killer: Harrison Van Gilter. It's everything an intelligent reader wants, while gripping the arms of his chair and also trying to still hold the book in place. It's a page turner that one of the competition judges - who read the entire first novel - scored a perfect 50 out of 50 points.

While books I and II take place in 1997 and 1998, the final tome, Arcanum of Evil, jumps fourteen years forward. It begins on January 1, 2012, involves the predicted Mayan Day of Doom (December 21, 2012)and is a paranormal, horror, crime investigation thriller that includes reincarnation, cloning, Washington DC politics, a ruthless predator back for revenge, the powers of Hell, and evil on the Moon! It's a roller coaster ride of terror, mystery, sex, murder and mayhem.

Vampires are real, genetically-altered predators. Predators that evolved one thousand years ago. They are not mythological...they are real! And Lt. John Willoughby, PCPD Homicide and FBI Special Agent Mark Pierce have to find a way to capture and control one of the worst: Harrison Van Gilter! Because, with Harrison free to do what he's done for over 200 years, more blood will be lost and more lives will fade into a predatory oblivion. Time is running out.

THIRTEEN TALES OF ECLECTIC EVIL
Goldcraft's short story collection, Thirteen Tales of Eclectic Evil, is filled with every form of the unknown and packed with suspense and mystery. Vampires, ghosts, goblins, phantoms, pirates, shark attacks, serial killers, witches, and everything paranormal. It's a diverse tossed salad of terror.

COMING 2013: A NOVEL ABOUT REVENGE, HATRED, GOD, ATHEISTS AND THE UNIVERSE

Goldcraft is also at work on a thriller novel about a psychopathic astronomer.
It's a case of knowing too much, and losing everything that was important to this once-decent man. For Special Agent Mark Pierce of the FBI, it's one of the most baffling cases of his career. It's a mystery, thriller that's hard core crime, relentless passion, and a twisted tale that will keep readers guessing and flipping the pages, praying to get to the end before daybreak and they have to go to work.

AFFILIATIONS
Goldcraft is a member of the:
Horror Writers Association, Florida Writers Association, Panhandle Writers Guild, and the Gulf Coast Writers Group