Author's Note

         Author's note:

Vampires have been portrayed as dark beings, demons, creations of the devil – it seems it's the norm to be so cursed. This novel started out as a project in “what if...?”, this particular one being what if vampires could be conceived as a creation or extension of God's being through the miracles Christ wrought?

I am not a history major nor biblical scholar, and I make no claims that the story of Lazarus as I wrote being canon to Christian belief. Nor do I mean any offense with how I've used biblical personae. This idea came from watching a documentary on the life of Jesus, and then reading about the Gnostic Gospels – books that were taught by various parties of the early Christian church but later excluded from the Bible. It got me wondering what if Lazarus rose from the dead as a vampire, given immortality through consumption of Christ's blood (people consuming the figurative blood and body of Christ as part of worship sparked that train of thought). And as a follower of Christ, there is no way he could condone murder, thus feeding became a matter of ethics.

This tale is -- at best -- pure speculation with some archeology research and a whole lotta imagination thrown in.

I didn't want to propagate mainstream vampires, such as those that frolic in the night and harmed (or causing one to twinkle merrily) by sunlight, allergic to garlic and terrified of crosses. If these vampires had the blood of Jesus flowing through them, that would qualify them as a being of light. And so the adventure in What If begins.

I hope you've enjoyed my twist on a common villain.