Well-researched to mesh together both fantasy worlds and then cross back and forth into the world of real-life historical figures, it is surprisingly easy to get sucked right in to a world where Count Dracula actually lived, and was not killed by Van Helsing, but went on to marry the widowed Queen Victoria in 1888 and rule England with her as Prince Consort. Unlike the many trite vampire-related offerings in the marketplace, Dracula Cha Cha Cha is no fluffy, light, quick read. And Bond is still a spy, but he’s also a vampire, investigating Count Dracula in Rome in 1959.
That’s right, James, here goes by the Scottish name for James, Hamish, as in Hamish Bond. But what makes this even more relevant this year is that it is also an alternate history James Bond novel. With vampire books taking up an entire wall at Barnes & Noble, it’s probably a good time for this dense and satisfying novel to be available again. You need not read books one and two of the series to be able to fully dive into this incredible and bizarre parallel history story. Re-released in book stores last month was Kim Newman’s alternate history/fantasy/steampunk-esque novel Dracula Cha Cha Cha (formerly published as Judgment of Tears), book three of the Anno Dracula series originally released in 1998.
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