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THE
LEGEND OF THE VAMPIRE
KHUFU
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Raymond Mayotte has intrigued me with
his style and choice of writing. His ability to bring characters into my
life so as to seem indeed real and a part of my own life was
fascinating. Picking up "The Legend of The Vampire Khufu," I really did
not know what I was getting myself into, but within the first chapter I
considered it a keeper. I was spellbound and entertained throughout this
amazing view into the life of Khufu. I think that Ray has found a way to
entertain everyone by creating a book that can be read by all because of
the diversity involved. There is Compassion, Evil, Good, Hatred,
History, Intrigue, Love, Murder, Romance, and Terror. His mind and style
was able to bring all these ingredients together into one of my favorite
Vampire books of all time! Superbly well done!
Five Star Rating
C.J. Wilkes
Author of
"Daddy, I Forgive You"
http://www.cjwilkes.com
The Legend
of the Vampire Khufu
By
Raymond Mayotte
From the sands of
Ancient Egypt to the muddied streets of a
California mining town the Vampire Khufu moves like a silent shadow
through the ages. Once a mighty Pharaoh and the builder of the Great
Pyramid he stalks the night fleeing from the memory of his dead wife and
vowing to never fall in love again.
Until he meets Karen.
Believing
her to be the reincarnation of his lost love Khufu gives himself to the
young schoolteacher only to find that the ancient evil that once hunted
him has returned - and will settle for nothing less than his
'life'.
A must have for the collector of Vampiric novels; Raymond
Mayotte combines the lore of ancient civilizations with an intriguing new
look at the world of Vampires.
Joining the ranks of such authors as
Count Stenbock and George R. R. Martin, Mayotte and The Legend of the
Vampire Khufu provide a fresh look at immortality through the eyes of one
who has lived for more than 4000
years.
Karen
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"Reading is an escape from life, one that fills the empty
spaces within the soul."
"Eternally Yours" ISBN#
1-4137-6339-1
Coming Soon - "The Betrayal of Cerridwen"
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The
Legend of the Vampire
Khufu
by
Raymond Mayotte
The Pharaohs of Egypt prepared for their
after-life by ritualistic mummification and elaborate burial ceremonies.
But, there was one who broke with tradition and found a new way to
achieve eternal life. The Vampire, Khufu! This young prince of Egypt
became a magnificent Pharaoh and the builder of the Great Pyramid, but
this splendid burial chamber, surrounded by treasure, was never to hold
his mummified body. After saving the life of his friend, Ural, Khufu is
offered eternal life as a reward. A reward he accepts as an old man at
the end of his human life. Only later does he find he must fight another
vampire to keep his immortally. Add a love story to this intriguing tale
and you have entered a world that spans history from the glory days of
Egypt to the present time. The Legend of the Vampire Khufu is a very
different spin on an old legend and I recommend it to all you
lovers of vampirism and horror.
Saundra
Julian
_________________ Goldie
ISBN#
1-4137-6968-3
www.Goldie2005.com
How the Legend Of
- The
Vampire Khufu -
was
born.
Raymond
Mayotte
After
working as a truck driver and then a building contractor for most of my
life, I decided to do something different so I entered into nursing
school to become a male nurse. Believe me learning to study each
night after so many years is no easy task, however I persevered and
graduated as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and ended up working on a
Med Surg floor at a local hospital. After twelve years of nursing
I retired to do what I always wanted to do, write. About that time my wife and I decided to
move to Royalton Vermont where we took up abode in a cute little cape
house with a breezeway and barn attached, the land once a working farm
but now only had a good size field on each side with woodland in the
rear; one of the fields abutting an old cemetery and separated by a
fieldstone wall.
It was here I set up my desk and typewriter near
a window where I could look out over the field to the cemetery and
prepared to write, however nothing came to my mind and it being a
beautiful summer day I decided to take a walk and get my thoughts
together. Before I knew it I was across the field walking through
the old cemetery and for a time walked among the old slate grave markers
reading names and dates and wondering what Milton Stromm was like and
what kind of a life he had, or if Martha Carlson was ever married and if
so did she have any children? Then after a while I sat down musing
on the soft grass of the cemetery with my back against the wall
separating the cemetery from the little Cape.
After dinner that afternoon my wife
and I went off to the market and returned just before dark. On
arriving home I went straight to my desk determined to write but nothing
came to me, so I sat staring out of the window towards the cemetery in
thought. Suddenly my eyes caught a movement by the cemetery, and
there in the last light of day I saw a young man strolling along the
road. For a minute the site of the young man startled me but
quickly my imagination kicked in and the vampire trilogy - The Legend of
The Vampire Khufu - was born.
Since then I have written four other
novels, one of them the second book of the vampire trilogy- Only
Immortal and at this time working on the third. The other horror novelis
about lost souls and demons, then in a different Genre I have written
two sword and sorcery novels, The Sword And The Staff and Gateway To
Scrimore, all books available on Kindle, Amazon, and most other
booksellers. Check them out.
www.raymayotte.com
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The Sword and The Staff
Raymond Mayotte
Dragons are a myth. At least that's what everyone thought until
one swooped from the sky to destroy the mighty Ebony Castle. When Larn
Surfin and his friend Tark went to investigate, they found that the fire
breathing dragon was a contraption that sailed through the air with
strange beings inside of it. Beings that had also harnessed the dragon's
fire in little sticks they carried at their sides.
Barely escaping
capture by these beings, Larn accidentally discovers an ancient cavern
illuminated by a huge crystal. There he finds the wounded wizard Mordrid
who convinces Larn that the crystal has summoned him to be the next wizard
of the land. For two years Larn remains in the cavern learning the ways of
the crystal until, armed with a staff instead of a sword, he sets out with
his new found power to do battle with the dragon...
Poem
The Wizard and The Dragon
By Raymond
Mayotte
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Mighty and strong Ebony Castle does
stand
Towers and walls all built by man’s
hand
In the village streets and lands all
around
Serenity and peace could always be
found
Then from the sky came a thing with no
name
A creature of destruction breathing red
flame
A dragon of folklore never thought to be
real
Scourging villages and land with a great
zeal
With a tumult roar did the castle walls
fall
The great castle of stone its towers and
all
With arrows and swords they did
survive
Most beaten and weary and just barely
alive
Then from nowhere did a champion
appear
Carrying no sword and
wearing strange gear
To swear an oath to the people of the
land
To slay the dragon with the staff in his
hand.
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