The Fifth Blood

By C J Weddell

Four men gave Lucy Westenra their blood. A fifth gave her eternity

In 1897, Abraham Van Helsing witnessed something impossible: Lucy Westenra's blood separating into five distinct bands. Four belonged to the men who had tried to save her. The fifth contained something far more dangerous-an organised pattern capable of preserving memory, identity and an ancient hunger.

Van Helsing divided the blood into five secret fractions and concealed them across Europe.

More than a century later, an impossible anomaly in a modern blood sample exposes the existence of the Westenra archive. Mara is drawn into a hidden war involving coded medical records, forgotten tunnels beneath Whitby and a powerful organisation determined to complete Van Helsing's unfinished experiment.

Its leader, Varga, does not worship Dracula.

He intends to understand him, reproduce him-and control whatever returns.

As a violent storm isolates Whitby, the scattered fractions are brought together. Mara must uncover what happened to Lucy, why generations have killed to protect her blood and what the mysterious fifth fraction is calling home.

Because Dracula was never simply buried.

He was divided.

And blood remembers.

The Fifth Blood is a dark Gothic conspiracy thriller blending the Dracula legend with medical horror, historical mystery, biological suspense and a terrifying modern reimagining of the vampire myth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HBNK75YY
• ISBN13: 9798189186806
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"