The plain truth is that the period I study is the 16th century, and they were absolutely obsessed with witches and spiritual beings.

My experiences thus far had me planning to throttle the first Tudor historian I met upon my return for gross dereliction of duty.

It was a brutal picture, a tug-of-war between two equal but opposing impulses. It had the ring of truth, however.

I'd studied 16th century science and magic. I thought it was strange that people were interested in the same kinds of things my research was about. The more I thought about it, the more intriguing it became and pretty soon I was writing a novel about a reluctant witch and a 1500-year-old vampire.

there’s nothing more powerful than human fear—not magic, not vampire strength. Nothing.

Remember the past - and await the future.

You do angry. I just saw it. And you left at least one hole in my carpet to prove it.