Serial: The Beginning

By JC De La Torre

As a vampire stalks his next prey, he provides gory details of his transformation of Good Samaritan on the hunt for the infamous Jack the Ripper to the monstrosity he is now. Through death and carnage, he has been brought closer to you and now has a question. Do you choose eternal life as a monster or a horrific painful death? (Originally published in the collection - Nightmares From Eberus). This is a DLT Atlantis Publishing 99 Centers novelette.

• Language: English
• Publisher: DLT Atlantis Publishing
• Release date: Jul 6, 2011
• ISBN: 9781452465241

JC De La Torre

JC De La Torre is a speculative fiction author who lives in Wesley Chapel, Florida - a suburb of Tampa. De La Torre has written two critically acclaimed novels, the Rise of the Ancients saga, and Nightmares from Eberus - A Speculative Fiction collection. He also is a featured columinist for Bleacher Report on Tampa Bay sports. De La Torre is married to his lovely wife, Rita, and their family consists of their Yorkshire Terrier, LeStat, and their two cats Artemis and Marius. JC has a passionate love for speculative fiction, especially Science Fiction, Fantasy, Alternate Realities, and the Occult. His writing will include all of these sub-genres as well as other interesting excursions. His fast paced writing style and descriptive narrative has been compared to best selling authors Dan Brown and Clive Cussler. JC's work features action, adventure, horror, a bit of the supernatural, and essentially something for every one. Fans can visit JC De La Torre at http://www.jcdelatorre.com He can also be found on Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace.

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Serial

The Beginning

JC De La Torre

Book One of the

Serial – The Beginning

JC De La Torre

Copyright JC De La Torre 2011

Published by DLT Atlantis Publishing at Smashwords

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission of the author.

This book is a work of fiction. All names, characters (with the exception of historical figures), places, and events depicted in this book are figments of the author’s imagination and should not be construed as reality. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, associations or persons, living or dead (or undead), is entirely coincidental.

Cover art by Francesco De Luca. If you like the work, be sure to visit Francesco's Website

This work previously appeared in Nightmares From Eberus by JC De La Torre

This is Book One of the Serial Vampire Saga – visit http://www.serialvampireseries.com for the latest information on this series.

JC De La Torre can be reached via his website at http://www.jcdelatorre.com

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Wesley Chapel, Florida

For my beloved fans – the Defenders of the Realm

Previous Release

This is the first of the series.

The Beginning

First, I’ll tell you what I am not. I am not a vampire that glitters in the sun. I don’t fall in love with human beings, nor have I any ties to my mortal coil. I left that long ago. I don’t care for vampire rights; I am not seeking a synthetic