The Judging (The Corescu Chronicles #1)
Ellen C. Maze
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· 3 ratings · 312 pages · Published: 01 Jan 2010
Markus Corescu, a man of the cloth in 17th Century Hungary faces this dilemma when in a moment of weakness; he is transformed into a vampire by the devil himself. Hoping to reconcile himself to God, as well as rationalize his bloodthirsty ways, he subconsciously assigns a divine Calling to his work; seeking out the evildoers of the world to feed his lust and in doing so, he believes, serve God.
Flash forward to the present, Mark’s reign as god-on-earth comes to an end when he meets and falls for the lovely Hope Brannen, who introduces him to her seminary-going pal Tony Agricola.
As the story’s only righteous character, Tony recognizes that the doctor has incorrectly discerned the will of God and with some prodding by Hope; he agrees to speak to him face to face about the matter. He discovers in their initial meeting that the doctor has suppressed his past. He does not remember his youth and long ago assumed that he was created as he is now—a divine Judge that feeds on the blood of the Damned. Slowly, through painful flashbacks, Corescu travels back in time to describe the frightening and hellish three days he spent in the company of the demon that transformed him into a Vampire. He remembers that the creature kidnapped him from his village church, toted him to a dark and dank lair, and painfully brought him into the Dark by snuffing out the Light he’d always held inside.
Persevering through dangerous and perilous encounters with the vampire’s immortal contemporaries, Tony shows the vampire the error of his ways. But just because his eyes are opened does not necessarily mean that his ways are easily changed.
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