His Father's Son

He was once called Lancelot, King Arthur's greatest knight. She was once called Sabra of the Lake, high priestess to the hidden goddess. Now ... they are vampires, united by unbreakable ties of blood and sworn to protect the weak no matter the cost to themselves.

And at the dawn of the new millennium, Lord Richard still stalks, still fights ... still kills.

In the dead of night, a desperate plea for help calls him to the rescue of a woman he had loved and lost. Reality and dream merge in a macabre dance of death as Richard seeks to save those few fragile human lives he has sworn a blood-oath to protect. Haunted by the anguish and raptures of his ancient past and locked in a lethal struggle to survive in the present, Richard must reconcile the two if he is ever to find eternal peace.

But the price that the Dark Fates demand of him is very high. For over a thousand years he has served them well, yet now they want all he has left: his battered and tarnished soul....

Cover art by Jaime Murray

Hardcover

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, April 2001

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ISBN: 0-671-31981-7

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To Michael & Sam

with thanks to:
Charles Ballard
Gail Hassell Forestieri
Kath Henbry
Nancy Hill
Nick Marcelja
Helen Mesquita

remembering:
Deborah Heinrichs &Vashiti
of the Flaming Tresses—Ruth Woodring

and a special thanks to:
Teresa Patterson & Kevin Topham

Baen Books in this series:

Keeper of the King
by Nigel Bennett & P.N. Elrod

His Father's Son
by Nigel Bennett & P.N. Elrod

Quincey Morris, Vampire
by P.N. Elrod (forthcoming)