Exciting New Vampire/Football Novel entitled Beneath the Floodlights is published
Added: (Sun Jan 15 2012)
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15th January 2011
Exciting New Vampire/Football Novel entitled
BENEATH THE FLOODLIGHTS by Martin Tracey is published
About the Book:
When Birmingham football club Kingsbarr United are relegated from the English Premier League they are seemingly rescued by a mysterious new manager from Transylvania, Professor Cezar Prodanescu and his stable of young superstars – who also happen to be a nest of vampires! Once darkness falls and the floodlights glow, their powers enable United to win games by incredible margins. Buried nearby is the world’s first vampire and Cezar’s plan is to resurrect a clone from the extracted DNA of his ancient bones. But Cezar did not legislate for falling in love with human girl, Lily, or for acquiring such admiration for team captain and local hero Johnny Knox and United’s other human footballers. But as Cezar struggles with his emotions and attempts to shield his identity as a master vampire, his finest example, star striker Andrei is eager to keep things on course. But will the cloning of the world’s first vampire materialise? Will Cezar lead United back to Premiership glory? Does Cezar hold any answers for the disappearance of Johnny’s long lost son? And when the evil Andrei takes a shine to Johnny’s teenage daughter, a dramatic showdown ensues in a desperate bid to rescue her – and the entire human race.
About the Author:
Martin Tracey specialises in supernatural fiction yet he aims for his novels to remain believable so that the reader can be gripped by the horror that unfolds. Martin is also the songwriter and co-performer of Raging Bull which can be found on Old Gold Anthems – the songs of Wolverhampton Wanderers, and his life-long passion for music and football often feature in his tales of chilling suspense. Martin is a native of Birmingham, England and he tends to set his books in and around his home city or other English settings. His working-class upbringing is reflected in the edginess and honesty of his writing.
Excerpt from Beneath The Floodlights:
“So is it the all white kit then?” enquired Johnny.
“No, Johnny we now have a fourth kit, financed and designed by yours truly. As you will have noticed on your pegs, you each have a clothes carrier hanging upon them. Unzip it and the contents shall be revealed to you.” And with saying that the players proceeded to obediently follow Cezar’s instructions, curious to what they would find.
The clothes carrier that shielded the kit was itself impressive, black in colour with the Kingsbarr United crest of three crowns elegantly placed to the left of the zipper in gold embroidery.
As one by one the kit revealed itself from within the individual carriers it was Johnny who spoke first. “Hey, red I like it,” said Johnny. “It’s an unusual shade actually.”
“Indeed it is Johnny. I like to refer to it as blood red.”
ISBN: 978-1-4567-8183-5
ISBN: 978-1-4567-8184-2 (e-book)
A copy of the book, including Kindle version, can be ordered from Amazon at:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beneath-Floodlights-Martin-Tracey/dp/1456781839/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326655970&sr=8-1
Further details of how to purchase the book and further information about Martin Tracey, including contact details, can be found at:
www.martintracey.co.uk