{"product_id":"9780995322516","title":"Late Bite: Vampire On Trial","description":"A series of assaults on people in their homes sends a wave of panic across Toronto. \u003cbr\u003eAnxieties soar when police capture a suspect that the media declares is \"a real vampire.\"\u003cbr\u003eThe prisoner identifies himself as Dragul Mangorian, the sole survivor of the Homo Sanguinus, a once-mighty subspecies that split from humanity 30,000 years ago.\u003cbr\u003eMangorian is 6'-6\", thin and pale as a cadaver, has fiery yellow eyes, and admits to using three-inch fangs to suck blood from his victims. \u003cbr\u003eWhen rumours race through the legal community that, unarmed, Mangorian nearly took out a full squadron of tactical police, all the usual public defenders suddenly come down with the flu.\u003cbr\u003eMangorian's defence falls to down-on-his-luck lawyer Al Hamblyn. After settling his fears, Hamblyn sees the case as an opportunity to revive his career and win back his wife and family.\u003cbr\u003eThe news of a \"vampire\" in police custody attracts media from around the world for the Trial of the Century. \u003cbr\u003eToronto, a city that promotes itself as a place that champions minority rights, finds itself at the epicentre of a media circus and an ethical debate whether human rights protections apply to someone who's not quite human.\u003cbr\u003eLate Bite is a vampire story where the initial battleground is in a courtroom before morphing into a psychological thriller with dramatic twists, humour, and ultimately violent battle scenes. This is not a book for the faint at heart.\u003cbr\u003eMangorian is not Bram Stoker's supernatural Dracula. He has not been infected by The Strain. He is not a sparkly vampire from Twilight. \u003cbr\u003eMangorian and Late Bite have been described as a \"pathbreaking\" departure from the traditional vampire tale.\u003cbr\u003eThe sole surviving Sanguinus is a fearsome, dark, and yet charming anti-hero who's twisted morality has been compared to Hannibal the Cannibal - Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs.","brand":"Poison Pine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49808033349872,"sku":"9780995322516","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780995322516","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}