Twelve
  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407041100
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 544

Twelve

(The Danilov Quintet 1)

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1 Sep 2010
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1 Mar 2010
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Melding the supernatural and the historical, a skin-tinglingly exciting novel of vampires in the Napoleonic wars

On 12th June 1812, Napoleon's Grande Armee forded the River Niemen and crossed the Rubicon - its invasion of Russia had begun. Charged with delaying the enemy's inexorable march on Moscow, a group of Russian officers summon the help of the oprichniki, a band of mercenaries from the outermost fringes of Christian Europe.

As rumours of a plague travelling west from the Black Sea reach the Russians, the Oprichniki - twelve in number - arrive. Preferring to work alone, and at night, they prove brutally, shockingly effective against the French. But one amongst the Russians, Captain Aleksei Ivanovich Danilov, is unnerved by the mercenaries' ruthlessness...and as he comes to understand the true, horrific nature of these strangers, he wonders at the nightmare they've unleashed in their midst...
  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407041100
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 544
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About the author

Jasper Kent

Jasper Kent was born in Worcestershire in 1968, studied Natural Sciences at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and now lives in Hove, East Sussex.

As well as writing The Danilov Quintet (his internationally acclaimed sequence of historical horror novels set in Russia) Jasper works as a freelance software consultant. He has also written several musicals.

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Praise for Twelve

An accomplished, entertaining blend of historical fiction and dark fantasy

Lisa Tuttle, THE TIMES

A fantastical blend of historical novel and supernatural chiller.

DEATHRAY magazine

Sharpeski ditches Napoleon to fight the undead...good vampire-hunting fun for a winter's evening.

SFX magazine

Packed with thrills and witty dialogue, Twelve also boasts rich historical insight and compelling storytelling. A compulsively readable adventure.

WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY magazine