Water Vamps

Take a both fun-filled and treacherous ride into the waters surrounding the peninsular city of Charleston, South Carolina with G.L. Giles's water vampires. Slake your thirst for different vampire species and subspecies at the same time! On dry land, you'll also experience a part of Charleston, South Carolina (set primarily in the 1980s)---from White Point Garden to The Battery to the surrounding marshes, complete with plough mud and fiddler crabs---atmospherically rich with the inherent tapestry of the Carolina Lowcountry and then embellished with a healthy dose of dark fantasy! With several species of vampires in the mix, conflicts naturally arise. Add to that, some of the various species of vampires, as well as some of the humans, also have potentially fatal run-ins with some of the specters and shape-shifters found in this young adult novella as well. More than just peppering the plotline are the mostly human protagonists, Robyn and Marion, who are like contemporary versions of Robin Hood and Maid Marian in many ways---that is, with Robyn being a female and Marion a male in Giles's mythology---and the 'young love' version to boot, as they're middle school kids. Yet, unlike other children their age, they have special 'gifts' and a lot of responsibility for those so young in years. You see, they have the distinct burden, squarely placed upon them, of being the only ones who can save their older counterparts from another place and time: Setiana and Vasario.

Take a both fun-filled and treacherous ride into the waters surrounding the peninsular city of Charleston, South Carolina with G.L. Giles's water vampires. Slake your thirst for different vampire species and subspecies at the same time! On dry land, you'll also experience a part of Charleston, South Carolina (set primarily in the 1980s)---from White Point Garden to The Battery to the surrounding marshes, complete with plough mud and fiddler crabs---atmospherically rich with the inherent tapestry of the Carolina Lowcountry and then embellished with a healthy dose of dark fantasy! With several species of vampires in the mix, conflicts naturally arise. Add to that, some of the various species of vampires, as well as some of the humans, also have potentially fatal run-ins with some of the specters and shape-shifters found in this young adult novella as well. More than just peppering the plotline are the mostly human protagonists, Robyn and Marion, who are like contemporary versions of Robin Hood and Maid Marian in many ways---that is, with Robyn being a female and Marion a male in Giles's mythology---and the 'young love' version to boot, as they're middle school kids. Yet, unlike other children their age, they have special 'gifts' and a lot of responsibility for those so young in years. You see, they have the distinct burden, squarely placed upon them, of being the only ones who can save their older counterparts from another place and time: Setiana and Vasario.

G.L. Giles had hundreds of signings at most major chain bookstores and many wonderful independent bookstores in the Southeast and Midwest over the last several years. She’s been on television 9 times talking about her books—on various stations in South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama—and in 2008 she was interviewed by the legendary Joe Franklin (on his Bloomberg Radio show). She’s also not a stranger to YouTube at this point with one of the videos on her books at over 72,000 views. In addition, Giles reviews for Infernal Dreams and both interviews and reviews for her WordPress blog: The GL Giles Files. Admittedly, both feline and canine crazy, yet determined to break the ‘crazy cat lady’ stereotype, Giles lives with her handsome husband, seven cats, and one ‘pittie’ in rural South Carolina.