J.A. London: Darkness before dawn

J.A. Londonin nuorille suunnattu vampyyritarina jätti kylmäksi: Darkness before dawn (HarperCollins, 2012; ISBN 978-0-06-211432-7).



Kirja aloittaa trilogian, mutta en päässyt romaanissa juuri alkua pidemmälle. Sain vaikutelman ikään kuin tätä tarinaa olisi ilmestynyt aiemmin jo enemmänkin, mutta mitään sellaista kertomuksessa ei ollut joka olisi saanut kiinnostumaan päähenkilöstä tai romaanin vampyyrejä vilisevästä fantasiamaailmasta.

Kirjaan on sekoitettu monenlaisia dystopiatarinoiden elementtejä, mutta tavalla joka jättää kielelle teollisen tuotannon maun.

Only sunlight can save us.

We built the wall to keep them out, to keep us safe. But it also makes us prisoners, trapped in what's left of our ravaged city, fearing nightfall.

After the death of my parents, it's up to me—as the newest delegate for humanity—to bargain with our vampire overlord. I thought I was ready. I thought I knew everything there was to know about the monsters. Then again, nothing could have prepared me for Lord Valentine . . . or his son. Maybe not all vampires are killers. Maybe it's safe to let one in.

Only one thing is certain: Even the wall is not enough. A war is coming and we cannot hide forever.

When seventeen-year-old Dawn Montgomery, daughter of the slain delegates to ruling vampire Lord Valentine, becomes the new delegate she finds herself falling in love with Valentine's kindhearted son, and risks her life when she is drawn into their dangerous political game.