In 1540, conquistador Balthazar Jiménez de Quesada embarks on a quest for gold but encounters an ancient evil in the jungles of Colombia, La Pastola, transforming him into an immortal vampire. Centuries later, as Napoleon's army clashes with the British in 1815, a brutal massacre near Walloon births a new vampire desperate to break her curse. In present-day Los Angeles, a man with the rarest blood type—Golden Blood—enters a dangerous world where the line between predator and prey blurs, as a secret society of vampires hunts for the key to their salvation…or their destruction.
Golden Blood is a gripping tale of horror, history, and the eternal struggle for redemption, spanning from the New World's blood-soaked jungles to the underbelly of modern L.A.
Golden Blood is the story about one vampire's search for Golden Blood that can reverse the vampiric curse and her need for revenge against the vampire that slaughtered her family and turned her into a vampire centuries before. Set in the jungles of Colombia in the 1500s, the Caribbean in the 1700s, Europe in the 1800s and 1900s, and present-day Los Angeles, Golden Blood is a dark, bleak, and gothic story.
The Avid Reader on https://the-avidreader.blogspot.com/ wrote:The gorgeous, eye catching cover is only the beginning of the deliciousness of Golden Blood: A Vampire Story by Tim Vee. I grab any vampire books that come my way and Golden Blood is a fresh take of a familiar tale. It’s pretty hard to come up with a new slant, seeing there are thousands of books out there. Good job ,Tim.
Balthazar Jiménez de Quesada’s greed has him transformed into a vampire, one of the most grotesque I have ever come across. He’s definitely not sparkly. He turns the wrong person when he slaughtered Yvette’s family and left her for dead. She plots her revenge.
She devotes her vampiric life to finding Golden Blood, the rarest type of blood. It can break the vampire curse, turning her back into a human. There are some bloods that can give a vampire the human feeling for a short period of time, but she wants Golden Blood. So does Balthazar, after he gets his first taste. He wants to kill her and take over her ‘company’.
I love what Tim Vee has done with Golden Blood. I would not change anything. These are not your Twilight vampires. Tim has some of the most vivid descriptions and I can see the flies buzzing, skin sloughing off…
We have a bit of a history lesson with our horror and I was all in. The more I read, the more engrossed I was in the story. I would have read it in one sitting, if I could have, but I did read until the wee hours of the morning.
Gine Rae Mitchell on https://ginaraemitchell.com/ wrote:I have read many vampire stories, but none quite like Golden Blood. Every vampire story is unique in its own way, but Golden Blood stands apart from any other vampire story I have read before. I love the fresh take on vampires and how they navigate their lives, considering they are actually dead, right?
The world-building in this one is incredibly unique and brilliantly executed in many ways. The descriptions are so vividly written that I had no trouble picturing what was happening in my mind, as if I were there witnessing it all. The descriptions definitely paint a well-disturbed image.
I appreciate that Golden Blood provides us with the history of the vampires and how they originated. I enjoyed seeing how the vampires evolved and became increasingly aware of their circumstances. I liked watching how they developed new ways to obtain their blood as the world around them changed and grew.
What a fascinating vampire tale that is sure to grab your attention from the first page and hold onto it until the last page is read; even then, I don’t think it will let go for a long time.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Golden Blood and highly recommend it to anyone who loves a good vampire story!
Golden Blood: A Vampire Story by Tim Vee is a gripping, gothic horror novel that weaves together centuries of bloodshed, vengeance, and the desperate search for redemption.
From the gold-crazed conquistadors of 16th-century Colombia to the murky underbelly of today’s Los Angeles, the story follows a vampire who tries to break her curse by locating the much sought-after “Golden Blood,” a mythical blood type said to hold the secret to reversing vampirism.
The historical fiction horror novel masterfully combines two genres, leading readers down bloody paths and dark dungeons through secret vampire societies, all the while exploring the big, weighty theme of what it means to live forever. Revenge, the predator-prey dynamic, and the unbearable lightness of being undead become this thrilling dark fantasy’s emotional and thematic backbone.
While Yvette and Stevie’s tale wraps up quite nicely, I think there is room for a sequel. The crows are a dark harbinger of tales left yet to tell.
Golden Blood offers a haunting and thought-provoking experience that stands in refreshing contrast to standard vampire stories. Its somber, gothic style and a plot that covers centuries and continents make it a distinctive and impressive member of the not-so-little undead family.
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