Namtar - The Night Plague

By: Jones, C. D.

THE VAMPIRE MYTH WAS A COVER-UP. THE TRUTH IS FAR MORE TERRIFYING.

When seventeen-year-old Alex Weston's ancestral memories of Atlantis's fall escalate from dreams to waking visions, he discovers the nightmare is real-and it's hunting him. The creatures humanity calls vampires aren't supernatural. They're the Namtar: a weaponized evolutionary plague, crystalline predators engineered through genetic corruption twelve thousand years ago. After millennia frozen beneath Antarctic ice, they're awake and establishing corruption nodes in major cities worldwide.

Alex's life shatters when a Namtar scout attacks, thrusting him into a hidden war he never knew existed. Recruited by the Arete-a clandestine organization of Atlantean-descended warriors-he discovers he carries the bloodline of both humanity's greatest protector and its most dangerous enemy. The people closest to him have been keeping devastating secrets, and the truth about his heritage could either save the world or doom it.

As a biological contagion spreads through urban centers from Antarctica to Paris, Alex must master light-based abilities encoded in his DNA while navigating a labyrinth of family secrets, strategic deceptions, and impossible choices. The scientist who created the Namtar plague was his legendary ancestor's own twin brother, and their shared genetic code flows through Alex's veins. Can he wield the light when darkness is written in his DNA?

NAMTAR: THE NIGHT PLAGUE merges the atmospheric dread of gothic horror with cutting-edge speculative science, delivering a sophisticated thriller that reimagines vampire mythology through the lens of bioweaponry, genetic memory, and ancient conspiracy. This is intelligent genre fiction for adult readers who demand complex world-building, morally ambiguous characters, and high-stakes action grounded in both mythology and science.

MARKET POSITIONING: Adult Speculative Thriller with Gothic Horror elements Technothriller meets Urban Fantasy Biological Horror in the tradition of The Passage and The Strain Sophisticated mythology-driven narrative Series opener with strong sequel potential

COMP TITLES: Justin Cronin's The Passage, Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan's The Strain, Max Brooks's World War Z, Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Mexican Gothic

READER APPEAL: Adult readers (20-70) seeking intelligent, lore-rich speculative fiction Fans of biological/medical thrillers with supernatural elements Readers who appreciate complex mythological world-building Urban fantasy readers ready for darker, more sophisticated narratives Gothic horror enthusiasts and noir atmosphere devotees Science fiction readers interested in genetic/evolutionary themes

SERIES INFORMATION: Book One of the Namtar Series FORTHCOMING: Namtar: The Bram Stoker Journals (Mid 2026) - An epistolary historical thriller revealing the Victorian origins of the vampire cover-up

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FV8F78C7
• ISBN13: 9798992394092
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Lopsco Publishing LLC
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary