The Darkest Passages – the sequel to The Darkest Gift by Len Handeland
Fabien Levesque has endured intense suffering since his creator and ex-lover, Stefan, turned him into a reluctant vampire. Stefan forces Fabien to use humans as a never-ending blood supply, almost driving Fabien to insanity. After pleading for release, Stefan finally agrees but prohibits Fabien from creating another vampire. Despite this, Fabien disobeys and falls in love with Laurent Richelieu, who Fabien turns into his vampire companion. Stefan returns, intending to destroy the newly created vampire, but accidentally destroys Fabien instead. After escaping Paris to avoid Stefan’s anger, Laurent finds a new home in New Orleans. There, he encounters Fabien’s spirit, and together, they devise a plan to inhabit the body of Jack Devereaux, a man who looks identical to Fabien and is currently in a relationship with Laurent. Jack is also a good friend of Raphaella. They hypnotize Raphaella and summon the spirits of Stefan’s victims to help destroy him and send him to the fiery pits of hell. Although they succeed, Raphaella discovers that Fabien has overtaken Jack’s body and summons Stefan’s spirit back. The nightmare continues as the vengeful voodoo priestess Raphaella seeks retribution.
Together, their formidable evil allows Stefan to possess the body of Fabien’s lover, Laurent Richelieu. Forced to flee the city and the man he loves, Fabien leaves New Orleans and finds refuge in San Francisco, where he crosses paths with the enigmatic vampire royalty, whose motives are as mysterious as their power, and a renowned deadly vampire hunter, whose skills are as lethal as his reputation.
The path to united vengeance becomes clear as Fabien discovers his powerful allies share his desire to defeat Stefan. Yet, the challenge remains: persuading Raphaella to use her voodoo magic to free Stefan’s spirit from Laurent’s body.
If he fails, mortals everywhere will become innocent victims of Stefan’s unrelenting blood lust, his insatiable hunger for human life leading to a massacre of unimaginable proportions. Soon, his army of vampires, a relentless force of darkness and death, will destroy all of humanity, plunging the world into eternal night.
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Len Handeland is a multi-award-winning self-published writer. He writes books in the genres of vampire, paranormal, supernatural, and murder crime drama. Len has received numerous glowing reviews from readers and professional book reviewers. In the spring of 2022, Len’s novel “The Darkest Gift” won first place in the Bookfest 2022 Fiction/Horror category awards. The book was named one of the “10 must-read books of 2021” in DeMode magazine’s literary issue.
Len’s second novel, “Requiem for Miriam,” won first place in the Literary Titan awards for fiction/horror. Len’s third book, “Tales from the Chair,” is his only nonfiction book, drawing from his 27 years of experience in the hair industry. It won the Firebird award in the beauty category. Len recently received the literary excellence award from Readers House magazine in London for his exceptional contributions to the world of literature and unwavering dedication to the craft of writing. His fourth novel, “Transplanted Evil,” was warmly received. Len’s first novel, “The Darkest Gift,” is being considered for adaptation as a mini-series or major motion picture by several live-streaming networks, including HBO, Paramount Plus, the CW network, Sony, Lionsgate Entertainment, and Warner Brothers. Len has completed writing his fifth book, “The Darkest Passages,” which is the sequel to “The Darkest Gift,” and started writing his sixth book, “The Haunting of Wellsley Manor,” which he hopes to release in the fall of 2024.