Fevre Dream Book

When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects somethingâ??s amiss. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. For York doesnâ??t care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marshâ??s dilapidated fleet. Nor does he care that he wonâ??t earn back his investment in a decade. York has his own reasons for wanting to traverse the powerful Mississippi. And they are to be none of Marshâ??s concernâ??no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious his actions may prove. Marsh meant to turn down Yorkâ??s offer. It was too full of secrets that spelled danger. But the promise of both gold and a grand new boat that could make history crushed his resolveâ??coupled with the terrible force of Yorkâ??s mesmerizing gaze. Not until the maiden voyage of his new sidewheeler Fevre Dream would Marsh realize he had joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare...and mankindâ??s most impossible dream. Here is the spellbinding tale of a vampireâ??s quest to unite his race with humanity, of a garrulous rivermanâ??s dream of immortality, and of the undying legends of the steamboat era and a majestic, ancient river.Read More