Steamboat captain Abner Marsh is approached by the mysterious and strange Joshua York, who convinces Abner to build and co-captain a ship with Mr.York. The call this ship the Fevre Dream, and it's one of the fastest and fanciest steamboats in the river trade. From the begining, Abner notices odd things about Joshua: the way he only comes out at night, his pale skin, his wierd friends who also sleep during the day, the stops at isolated areas along the mighty Mississippi. Soon Abner realizes that there have been brutal killings up and down the river...killings where the victims throats have been ripped out, or bodies horribly mangled.
As the steamboat slowly makes it's way down to New Orleans, Abner's suspicions become too much for him, and he starts to investigate just what it is that Joshua York and his friends are up to. Such begins not only a dark adventure for Mr.Marsh, but also un unlikely friendship between the two men who both share a love for the steamship and life on the river.
This isn't a run of the mill vampire tale.
Fevre Dream is an atmospheric tale in a rich historical setting; steamboats and rivers, steamy southern nights, all vividly brought to life.
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