The release date for the English version of 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' by
Seth Grahame-Smith is Mar 2010. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
In 1818, Indiana. The one-room cottage, surrounded by thick forests, is illuminated by moonlight as a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels by his mother's bed, who is suffering. She has contracted what the locals refer to as "Milk Sickness."
"My baby boy..." she murmurs, passing away.
The bereaved Abe will discover only thereafter that his mother's demise was indeed caused by a vampire.
Young Lincoln notes in his notebook that "henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study and devotion" after learning the truth. I'm going to dominate both my body and mind. And the goal of this expertise will be singular." Abe, endowed with extraordinary strength, height, and ax proficiency, embarks on a journey of retribution that will take him all the way to the White House.
Although millions of slaves were freed and a Union was preserved, Abraham Lincoln's heroic struggle against the forces of the undead has been forgotten for hundreds of years. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith, the first living person to see The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln in almost 140 years, came across it.
In the process of reconstructing the true life story of our greatest president, Seth has revealed the hidden history behind the Civil War and revealed the role vampires played in the emergence, development, and near-death of our country. He has done this by using the journal as his guide and writing in the grand biographical style of David McCullough and Doris Kearns Goodwin.