Fevre Dream
When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something's amiss. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. For York doesn't care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh's dilapidated fleet. Nor does he care that he won't earn back his investment in a decade. York has his own reasons for wanting to traverse the powerful Mississippi. And they are to be none of Marsh's concern--no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious his actions may prove. Marsh meant to turn down York's offer. It was too full of secrets that spelled danger. But the promise of both gold and a grand new boat that could make history crushed his resolve--coupled with the terrible force of York's mesmerizing gaze. Not until the maiden voyage of his new sidewheeler Fevre Dream would Marsh realize he had joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare...and mankind's most impossible dream. Here is the spellbinding tale of a vampire's quest to unite his race with humanity, of a garrulous riverman's dream of immortality, and of the undying l
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A broke 1857 riverboat captain accepts a partnership with a pale, nocturnal stranger who funds the finest steamboat on the Mississippi. The deal is generous. The questions about his partner pile up fast.
No. Fevre Dream (1982) is a standalone vampire novel set on Mississippi River steamboats in the 1850s, written long before George R.R. Martin began A Song of Ice and Fire. The two share no continuity.
Fevre Dream is widely considered one of the best vampire novels of the 1980s alongside Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire. It blends Southern gothic, slavery-era history, and traditional vampire mythology.
Fevre Dream was written by George R. R. Martin, published in 1982 by VGSF.
Fevre Dream is 380 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Fevre Dream takes most readers 6 to 8 hours to finish.
Fevre Dream is a standalone novel by George R. R. Martin, not part of a series.
Fevre Dream is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
