Books like The Dracula Tape
The Dracula Tape
Absolutely must read if you're a fan of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Why? Here Dracula tells and comments his own version of the story and what really happened from his point of view. This is extremely well done and convincing narrated by the author. Dracula gets a human component here and illuminates the motivations of the other characters involved. His description of Van Helsing is outstanding. You didn't see that character in that light before reading Saberhagen's book. Also Mina's relationsship to Dracula is quite interestingly described by the main character himself. Jonathan Harker is rather a pale character and Saberhagen enforces this in his phenomenal book. I also liked Dracula's confession that he traversed himself as a coachman at the beginning to bring Jonathan to his castle. Also the ending of the story is quite interesting and plausible with regard to all the Dracula follow ups. You shouldn't miss this book. It's extremely entertaining and tells the story from Dracula's view. I rather liked that. Dracula being less a monster and more a kind of noble adventurer. I shall continue with this series to see if the author can keep this brilliant level! Highly entertaining, clearly recommended!