Released on: January 12, 2008, 6:49 pm

Press Release Author: T. M. Moore / Ikthalion Press

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: The Children of The Dragon series of science fantasy
adventure books cast a new light on the vampire genre through the vision of T. M.
Moore

Press Release Body: IKTHALION PRESS http://www.ikthalionpress.com
News Release January 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PDFs are available for download for your review.

Presenting the CHILDREN OF THE DRAGON series by T. M. Moore, a chronicle of the
Xosan, humanoid vampires from the ancient planet Antellus who were once human but
transformed by a dragon\'s blood. They are adventures of action, espionage, horror,
romance, science fact and fantasy set in a universe as real as the reader\'s own and
intermixed with real historical events. They are tales of adversity and triumph,
loss and love, myth and history. You will fall in love with each character as they
experience life on a world not their own.

Book 1: DESTINY\'S FORGE - Honor and duty, betrayal and loyalty, enmity and revenge,
in an interlacement of danger, espionage and romance. The epic series begins in
2256, and nothing is ever what it seems to be. Follow the adventures of Antonia
Bellero, a hybrid Xosan on a manhunt for a war criminal. Through a quirky twist of
fortune she winds up serving on the IFDC dreadnought \"Destiny\'s Forge\" where she
finds friends and enemies alike; but when she meets her quarry her past is revealed
and her fate is shaped by destiny. 336 pages, TP ISBN 978-0-6151-6545-5; $25.95

Book 2: TO TASTE THE DRAGON\'S BLOOD - \"Is it evil to survive, Jonathan?\" Imagine
that everything you knew or thought you knew is turned upside down by spending a few
days on the planet Mars. Jonathan Kraine is an explorer and archeologist who
discovers a ruined city beneath the surface, and learns the answers to the greatest
mystery of all time through his friendship with a fullblood Xosan named \"Andru\". 220
pages, TP ISBN 978-0-6151-6495-3; $17.95

Book 3: NAGRASANTI
An anthology of illustrated short stories and inspired art with bite, covering the
origins of some of the characters introduced in \"Destiny\'s Forge\" and \"To Taste The
Dragon\'s Blood\". These are completely original and speculative pieces of fiction
that continue the theme of the vampire as hero and incorporate the best of science
fiction, fantasy and horror, high adventure and romance within them. Titled works
contained in the anthology include: \"The Queen\'s Marksman\", \"Red Dragon\", \"The Black
Witch\", and \"VIRUS\" (see below). Plus: \"Blood Songs\" - exerpts from the original
fiction that inspired Destiny\'s Forge but were omitted from the book for their lack
of relevence to the plot; and a portfolio of illustrations from previous works and 2
other stories that inspired the series, \"Tap Root\" and \"The Hunt\". 340 pages, 8.5\" x
11\", ISBN 978-0-6151-5918-8; $29.95

Book 4: RED DRAGON - \"Change is the only constant in the universe.\" The year is
1984. Michael Burton is a reporter who becomes part of the story when he covers the
war between the dragon tongs in Chinatown San Francisco. He falls for a beautiful
Chinese cop who tries her best to protect him. He meets the leader of the Red
Dragons, Dan Longchi, who offers him the dragon\'s blood; and an ancient fullblood
called Xue Yaoli who kills for a living but who has the purest soul of all. But
against the evil Xuan Longyan, the leader of the Black Dragons, there is no defense.
Michael soon finds that he is more than just a man when he must fight to save the
woman he loves. Bruce Lee could never have seen this coming. 150 pages, TP ISBN
Pending; $10.95

Book 5: THE QUEEN\'S MARKSMAN - \"Be careful what you wish for. You may get it.\" In
1878 Robert St. John signs on for more than he expects when he enlists in the
British army to serve in Afghanistan. On the Orient express he encounters two
strangers who change his life in more ways than one. He distinguishes himself as a
hero but loses the love of his life. When he returns to England he is a sadder but
wiser man. He is knighted by Queen Victoria and awarded the Victoria Cross for his
acts of heroism in the Khyber Pass; and is recruited by Her Majesty\'s government to
fill a very important but secret position. But Robert\'s life is threatened by the
villainous Count Vladimir Drakulya, who has other plans for him. In his battles for
survival he loses everyone dear to his heart and he is left with nothing. But he
finds himself again when he reunites with an old friend to help rid London of the
evil haunting Whitechapel Road. A Victorian adventure of espionage and mystery
spanning ten years. 148 pages, TP ISBN Pending; $12.95

Book 6: THE BLACK WITCH - \"Never underestimate the power of love.\" Charity Rakham is
a young English girl who learns about womanhood the hard way when her father and
fiance\' are murdered by the infamous Blackbeard the pirate. Sold into slavery, she
becomes a chambermaid to a woman of means who is murdered, and she is framed for it.
Now a fugitive and alone in the world, Charity rescues a hostage of the king of
thieves from certain death or a fate even worse; a hostage who offers her the
dragon\'s blood. In time she becomes the captain of the most fearsome pirate ship on
the Caribbean Sea. 128 pages, TP ISBN Pending; $11.95

Book 7: VIRUS - \"Gandalf, I don\'t think we\'re in Kansas anymore.\" The year is 2361.
Megan Thereau is a journalist who is invited to Nagrasanti to cover an important
debate, only to discover that the peaceful community is under threat from within as
well as without. The dragon\'s blood is calling for its due on the eve of their
emergence from isolation and exile, while an adept of an ancient evil tries to
invade and destroy the peace they have built. Armed only with her wits and her big
orange cat named Gandalf, Megan soon learns that her greatest gift lies with her
compassion for others, and her search for true love ends not with a human but with a
Xosan. 104 pages, TP ISBN Pending; $9.95

Coming in Spring/Summer 2008 - Book 8: WRITTEN IN BLOOD - A swashbuckling vampiric
romp through the Reign of Terror, beginning with a brief stint in Japan, India and
the Middle East. Alexander Corvina goes to Tibet to persuade his father Lucien to
rejoin the world of men. They travel together to France, where Lucien wins the trust
of King Louis XV and becomes his stablemaster. But the situation in France
deteriorates rapidly, and by the end of the ancien regime in 1792 it is dangerous
for even vampires to be mistaken for aristo. Alexander must try to help his father
and his sisters emigrate to England before they all meet the blade of Madame la
Guillotine, aided by that demmed elusive Scarlet Pimpernel. This book takes place
before and after the events of \"The Black Witch\".

These books are rated M/R for violence, some adult or sexual content and blood.
Visit: http://www.ikthalionpress.com for more information.

About the author: T. M. Moore is an avid reader and writer of science fantasy
adventure and a fan of genre films. She writes in a strong visual and cinematic
style that brings the reader into her fictional world but leaves room for the
reader\'s own imagination, ever with the mission to educate as well as entertain.


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