The Dracove (The Prophecy series)
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The Dracove
(formerly “The Vampyre Prophecy”)
Copyright
2012 by N.L. Gervasio
Original Copyright 1998 by N.L. Gervasio
Edited by
R.C. Murphy
Original Cover Art by N.L. Gervasio
Photoshop Cover Art by Lori Lasswell
Cover design and interior images by N.L. Gervasio
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First electronic publication: December 2012
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Author’s Note
Dear Readers,
I wrote this book 13 years ago. It took me six months to write it, and I spent the next seven years editing. However, I never had someone else edit it until now, and the book I produced all those years ago ended up being 160,000 words. That’s close to 500 pages in print. I published the book under the title “The Vampyre Prophecy,” which I never have liked. You can still see it on Amazon. You may even be able to purchase a copy, but since I retired/unpublished the book a few years ago, not one cent would come to me and Amazon won’t remove it or “Gemini.”
I revamped (pun intended) this book because now that I’m an editor, I saw all of the issues within its pages. And boy, were there a lot of issues. In fact, I may have even missed some. I think my eyes crossed several times in attempting to rework the book that took forever, and then I sent it to R.C. Murphy so her eyes could cross too. She did a spectacular job, and I can finally say that I am pleased with the result of what you’re about to read.
The original book was split into two books: “The Dracove” and “Gods & Vampyres.” This first book builds the series of which there will be at least four books. It introduces you to a lot of characters who will become important in later books.
I love this story line, and it’s the main reason I reworked it so diligently over the past several months. I wanted to share Kylie’s and Grant’s story with you again with hopes that it flows much better than it did before.
So I thank you for looking at the sample, and I thank you for purchasing “The Dracove” and hope you enjoy it.
Sincerely,
NL “Jinxie” Gervasio
Glossary
My affinity for the bizarre and/or old world names and languages has prompted me to add this guide for you with an apology because I know some of the words are difficult. I hope you find the guide useful, though I must admit I may not have covered all of the words you might find within the pages of this novel. If it’s not listed here, I don’t know how to pronounce it. Meanings are listed as well because generally, if I give a character a specific name, there’s a reason for it. That, and not many people know Gaelic.
Names
Cearbhall (CAR-vil) - meaning is “fierce warrior”
Cianán (Key-NAWN) - meaning is “ancient”
Pádraig (PAW-drig) - version of Patrick, meaning is “noble”
Ruairc or O’Ruairc (ROORKE) - original spelling, originally Norse
Siobhán (Sha-VAWN) – meaning is “Gift of God”
Celtic/Gaelic/Irish
Éire (Air-uh) - an ancient name for Ireland
Mar sin é (mar-shin-ay) - Gaelic term for “Is that so?”
Muise (Mweh-sha) - Gaelic term for “Indeed!”
Latin
Ami - Latin for sister or girl-friend
Japanese
Ni (nee) – Japanese for the number two
Other
Dracove (drah-cMve) – created word for the blood vampyres
Dasulmavre (dah-sool-marv) – created word for the gods
Mahlon (May-luhn) – no special meaning that I know of, I just liked the name.
Shepirah (sha-peer-ah) – no meaning, but based on Chephirah, a biblical city.
Tobak (toe-bah-k) – name of Kylie’s wolf
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