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Moüsch the Crooked: out May 2013

Volume II of the Small Vampire Series, translated by Robin Bennett

Click here to read about Volume I - Picus the Thief



Moüsch the Crooked…
search for the Chalice, the powerful Cup of Blood.

Although I am now well over sixteen hundred years old, I am unlikely ever to forget

the smallest detail of the night that Corbeau came to our house, looking for the

Chalice.

 

… Moineau cried out, ‘Mummy!’ as my mother’s soft brown eyes looked up into ours.

All of her gentleness, her fierce love for us and her regret were poured into that one brief glance that still haunts me down the centuries.

The Acolyte pulled out a thin, curved dagger …

 

… My name, by the way, is Prince Tærgu Mar, The Eight Hundred and Fourth of Vlad. Most people just call me Moüsch, or, if they are being unkind, Moüsch the Crooked.

And I’ll be your narrator.

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‘The Chalice defines Vampires as the most powerful species on the planet: it is our mother, our father, our protector and our avenger. It is the greatest weapon we have.’

Kaier Slavdomi Krillinc (‘Corbeau’). The Book of Truth.

 

‘The Chalice is not a mere weapon! Its true power may lie in peace. If used for violence, it will surely become unstoppable. The Chalice, wrongly used, has the power to destroy everything we know.’

Qi LiFang. Dragon Clan Chronicles.