The Empire of Fear - Brian Stableford Reviews

The Empire of Fear - Brian Stableford Fiction Book

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 ... people. Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, Noell is unable to make vampires out of everybody … including himself. Part Five, ‘The Blood of Martyrs’, features Cordery and his allies, who now include a militant religious order known as the Order of St. John, besieged by a vampire-led army led by Vlad Tepes and Richard the Lionheart, both high-ranking vampires, on the island of Malta. Richard has lost his throne in En...more

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The Empire of Fear - Brian Stableford: Seed of History. (2503 words)
by - written on 14/07/01, updated on  14/07/01 (Very useful, 252 readings)
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From the title of the novel, and indeed from its cover description, one might be mistaken for thinking that ‘The Empire of Fear’ is a horror novel. In fact, Empire is a work of science fiction, and more precisely of alternative history. For those not au fait with this little subgenre, alternative history involves the telling of a story set in a background which is different from what we know to be true. Not all such stories are necessarily set in the past (despite the genre title), but many indeed are, and are essentially tales set in historical backgrounds subtly (or, sometimes, not-so-subtly) altered by a change in the chain of events which has ...  Read the complete review

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