Blackwood Farm
The Vampire Chronicles
Chapter One
Lestat,
If you find this letter in your house in the Rue Royale, and I do sincerely
think you will find it-you'll know at once that I've broken your rules.
I know that New Orleans is off limits to Blood Hunters, and that any found there
will be destroyed by you. And unlike many a rogue invader whom you have already
dispatched, I understand your reasons. You don't want us to be seen by members
of the Talamasca. You don't want a war with the venerable Order of Psychic
Detectives, both for their sake and ours.
But please, I beg you, before you come in search of me, read what I have to say.
My name is Quinn. I'm twenty-two years old, and have been a Blood Hunter, as my
Maker called it, for slightly less than a year. I'm an orphan now, as I see it,
and it is to you that I turn for help.
But before I make my case, please understand that I know the Talamasca, that I
knew them before the Dark Blood was ever given to me, and I know of their
inherent goodness and their legendary neutrality as regards things supernatural,
and I will have taken great pains to elude the ... read full excerpt from: Blackwood Farm ebook
