A review by jonid
Stoker's Manuscript by Royce Prouty

4.0

A first novel and a really good effort. A mix of Romanian history and Bram Stoker and Dracula. Starting with orphaned brothers in Chicago, one a priest and one a rare manuscript expert is offered a deal he can't refuse what would you do with -- and for -- four million dollars? Vlad Dracul is set up a little like a Mafia Don and our hero realizes that there are time that even someone who is a meek, sheltered, nerdy coward can be put in a position where he must be brave. There is some gory violence, and though some of the guesses made by the expert seem too random to be correct (and yet they are!) it works for the story and i found myself delighted at the author's inventiveness.
Note: The end of the story does seem to set the reader up for a second - but I am hoping that this is not a 'book a year' kind of author. He's off to a great start - but the pressure to pump out another in the series can diminish the plot.