The Last American Vampire
 The Last American Vampire | |
| Author | Seth Grahame-Smith |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Comic novel, horror, historical, thriller |
| Published | January 13, 2015, Grand Central Publishing, New York |
| Media type |
Print (Hardcover, Paperback) e-Book (Kindle) Audio Book (CD) |
| Pages | 416 pp |
| ISBN | 978-1455502127 |
The Last American Vampire is an action horror novel by Seth Grahame-Smith and a sequel to Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, released on January 13, 2015, through New York–based publishing company Grand Central Publishing.[1]
Plot
After turning assassinated President Abraham Lincoln into a vampire from the first book, vampire Henry O. Sturges, Lincoln's vampire-hunting mentor, realizes he has gone against the rules of the Union of Vampires by doing so. Lincoln is horrified by his becoming a vampire, as it turns him into the exact thing he has been fighting against all his life, and jumps out the window and burns himself to death.
Henry is later summoned to New York, the headquarters of the Union, by the leader, Adam Plantagenet, a highly respected, even-older vampire, alive since 1305. and shows him boxes containing the heads of some of their emissaries along with a note from the mysterious "A. Grander VIII". He is tasked with finding and stopping this man from destroying more vampires.
Henry decides to begin his hunt in London, England, under the guise of a textile importer. Unsure where first to go, he decides to find out the vampire presence here. It turns out that the Henry Irving, a famed actor in England, is a vampire. Wanting to get in touch with Irving, he tracks down and finds his assistant, Abraham 'Bram' Stoker. Initially reluctant to allow Henry access to his charge, he relents when Henry reveals his vampirism. Stoker and his family quickly becomes one of Henry's close friends.
Along the way, Henry reveals some of the events from his life as a human and his early time as a vampire including turning his adopted daughter, the first English baby born in the 'New World', Virginia Dare, into a vampire. His travels and adventures bring him across the world where he helps Arthur Conan Doyle stop Jack the Ripper. He is also put into action as a United States Government agent, and becomes a highly decorated veteran of both World Wars. He also befriends inventor Nikola Tesla and assists in assassinating the feared mystic Rasputin. Grander is revealed to be Virginia Dare and Henry and Lincoln (revealed to be alive) track her down. They fight until Dare is killed by Henry but not before mortally wounding Lincoln.