Dragon's Ark is a supernatural-horror that takes place in our modern times as the ageless King of all Vampires rages to secure the future of his mountain kingdom.
There is an ever-increasing need to depict vampires in books and film, in television series like True Blood and the successful Twilight film and book series phenomenon. However, there are many books in the vampire-horror fiction genre whose unique takes on the ages old vampire tales could stand to benefit greatly by this blood-filled love of the vampire craze — provided you have the creative know-how to telling a story, and a good editing team.
Dragon’s Ark centers on Monitor County, a burgeoning tourist resort/retreat, whose land developers exercise the unfortunate and familiar, scrupulous tactics in obtaining the rights to build: bribe a few of the local politicians, cheat a few landowners out of their property, and threaten a citizen or two. But there is just one problem nagging the whole situation — the hunk of rock known as Dragon’s Ark — and Monitor County’s long-time and mysterious resident, Klaus Bartok. Klaus isn’t too keen on the greedy land developer’s interest in decimating the Ark and decides to become more involved in deterring their interest. With all the tasty tourist and eager developers abound — as in any vampire tale, of course, there will be blood.
Firstly, any book that opens with a prologue — it is understood that it's goal is interest the reader into proceeding on to chapter one of the book. Here, that was not the case. Much of the prologue was heavily "descriptive," trying to force the reader to visualize the passages filled with cliché, and less about the character dialogue in the story, which at times misses out on including mentioning a character’s relationship to the exaggerated narrative. The prologue steers the reader, instead, into an inconsistent and ever-changing synopsis.
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