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Sunrise: Sequel to A Dry Patch of Skin (The Stefan Szekely Trilogy Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Stephen Swartz (Author), Iris Schaeffer (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
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For Stefan Székely it is a fate worse than death: To be a vampire yet stuck with his vampire parents. After 13 years Stefan can endure it no longer. He wants a castle of his own. First he must visit his family’s bank in Budapest. But with endless strife across Europe, Stefan hardly recognizes Budapest, capital of the new Hungarian Federation. Nevertheless, he embarks on a vampire playboy reign of terror. Until he gets a stern warning from the local vampire gang. Will Stefan fight for his right to party like it's 2027? Or will an encounter with a stranger change everything? As clashes between vampire gangs and State Security escalate, Stefan discovers he might be the key to changing the fate of Europe forever. If he can survive three bloody nights in Budapest.

The sequel to A DRY PATCH of SKIN continues the trials and tribulations of Stefan Székely, Vampire.
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    The Stefan Szekely Trilogy
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  5. Publication date
    March 28, 2018
  6. Reading age
    14 - 18 years
  7. Grade level
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Stephen Swartz grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, where he was an avid reader of science-fiction and quickly began emulating his favorite authors. Even after veering from science-fiction, his stories usually feature exotic lands and foreign languages, strangers lost in familiar places, and the occasional breakfast menu. Along the way, Stephen studied music in college and worked at a wide range of jobs: from French fry guy to soldier, tax agency clerk, and TV station writer, before heading to Japan for several years of teaching English. Stephen is now a Professor of English and has taught writing in New York, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Oklahoma, as well as China. He lives in Oklahoma, where he can be found working on his next novel most evenings and weekends.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07BSC1YWX
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Myrddin Publishing Group; 1st edition (March 28, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 28, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1049 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 314 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 168063027X
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Stephen Swartz

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Stephen Swartz is the author of literary fiction, science fiction, fantasy, romance, and contemporary horror novels. While growing up in Kansas City, he dreamed of traveling the world. His novels feature exotic locations, foreign characters, and smatterings of other languages--strangers in strange lands. You get the idea: life imitating art.

After studying music and even composing a symphony, Stephen planned to be a music teacher before turning to fiction writing. Today Stephen teaches writing at a university in Oklahoma. Stephen Swartz has published poetry, stories, essays, and articles for scholarly journals in the U.S. and Japan.

EXCHANGE (May 2020)

SUNSET (conclusion to the Stefan Szekely Trilogy, Book 3) (February 2019)

SUNRISE (sequel to A DRY PATCH OF SKIN, Book 2 of the Stefan Szekely Trilogy) (April 2018)

EPIC FANTASY *WITH DRAGONS (February 2017)

A GIRL CALLED WOLF (December 2015)

AIKO (June 2015)

A DRY PATCH OF SKIN (October 2014)

A BEAUTIFUL CHILL (February 2014))

THE DREAM LAND Book I "Long Distance Voyager" (The Dream Land Trilogy) (December 2013)

THE DREAM LAND Book II "Dreams of Future's Past" (The Dream Land Trilogy) (2013)

THE DREAM LAND Book III "Diaspora" (The Dream Land Trilogy) (2013)

AFTER ILIUM (2012)

Blog: stephenswartz.blogspot.com

Twitter: @StephenSwartz1

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EXCHANGE (2020) In the wake of a mass shooting that killed his wife and daughter, a high school teacher struggles to put his life back together even with on-going crimes and the foreign exchange student who arrives not knowing what has happened.

SUNSET (2019) is the conclusion of the Stefan Szekely Trilogy, Book 3. Now Emperor of Europa, Stefan must avoid multiple assassination attempts while concocting the perfect escape from his unholy duties.

SUNRISE (2018) is the sequel to A DRY PATCH OF SKIN (2014), Book 2 of the Stefan Szekely Trilogy, the story of an innocent man transforming into a vampire against his will. In SUNRISE he realizes his desire to live the vampire playboy life but finds there are serious obstacles.

EPIC FANTASY *WITH DRAGONS (2017) is the brawny tale of a banished dragonslayer's quest through the Valley of Death to find and destroy the dragons' nesting ground, a quest that is not so simple as he imagines.

A GIRL CALLED WOLF (December 2015) is the tale of a poor Inuit orphan girl from Greenland who grows up and saves the world. Inspired by a true life.

AIKO (June 2015) is a mystery/romance set in 1980s Japan, a modern reversed version of 'Madame Butterfly' told from the man's perspective.

A DRY PATCH OF SKIN (October 2014) is the only medically accurate vampire thriller set in Oklahoma City, upstate New York, New Orleans, and Eastern Europe.

A BEAUTIFUL CHILL (February 2014) is a contemporary campus anti-romance where a forbidden relationship is turned inside out - available for Kindle and paperback.

AFTER ILIUM (2012: 2nd edition), a romantic adventure tale of seduction and betrayal set in modern Greece and Turkey with flashbacks to ancient Troy.

THE DREAM LAND Trilogy (2012-2013) is an epic of interdimensional intrigue and world domination by a pair of well-meaning nerds, marbled with twisted humor and steampunk pathos, a patina of psychological thriller, and the quirky conundrum of time and space.

Book I: Long Distance Voyager

Book II: Dreams of Future's Past

Book III: Diaspora

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Connie J. Jasperson
5.0 out of 5 stars Literary horror with flair
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2018
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I like the literary style with which this story is told. It opens in his parents’ castle, and you can feel the weight of their near immortality as their son struggles to find independence. Stefan’s naïve misadventures are of his own making and are gripping. His conversations with God are some of the best parts of this tale. Milo is a surprise. This story is well-crafted and ends appropriately. I enjoyed the entire book.
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