Kane takes the reader on an incredible journey in Aleron; into the mind of a vampire
revealing his inner most thoughts and desires. Like the curator of a museum describing the details of a
masterpiece, Kane brings to immortal life his character Aleron, a young man
seduced into the role of becoming a vampire, along with his lovers Mynea and
Pandora, and their bloodline creator Vlad. With words used to paint an imaginary picture, each stroke of Kane’s
sentences create artfully precise descriptions, bringing into the reader’s
mind’s-eye the portraits of his characters conceived from an incredible imagination. Kane interleaved Aleron’s mortal reasoning with
immeasurable power, juxtaposing his character with descriptions of folklore, compassion,
cruelty, love and lust. As a hungry
infant becomes focused for survival on its mother’s breast, completely
dependent on her for survival, so feeds the thirst of a vampire for its
unquenchable desire for blood. Aleron’s immortality
is not without his daily need for sustenance, and care for his frailties must
be observed, for his survival is fascinatingly brought to the mind of the
reader in a first person narration of his inner most thoughts.
Set in the timeless past, post the fall of the Byzantine
Empire and into the 18th and 19th centuries, Aleron travels
to Egypt and sites throughout the ancient world. Kane wrote descriptions so intoxicatingly
realistic regarding the culture and society one can call this book almost a
period piece. The clarity of thought of
Aleron, as he succumbs to his daily thirst of blood while justifying his
selection of victims brought to his dark existence a morality somewhat noble in
quality. At one point, after he thwarts
a rape of an innocent young girl in an alleyway by a fierce and ruthless thug
by overpowering the perpetrator, thus allowing the girl to go free, he thinks
to himself, “Is the murder of a murderer murder?” The reader feels no sympathy for the brutality
of killing such a slime ball, the crueler the better, as Aleron’s supernatural
strength, speed and insatiable thirst for human blood tears the limbs off his
victim before killing him in a torturous fashion.
Most interestingly are the waves of thoughts and layering of
reason Kane wrote as to how Aleron describes himself becoming seduced into the
morphosis from human to vampire. He has heightened senses, such as being able
to smell more precisely than a bloodhound. His hearing is so acute the heartbeats of people beyond his sight become
alerted to him while possessing speed and agility to move faster than a human
eye can track. He’s able to read minds
at will and project his thoughts. He has
the power of levitating and flying. All
of these capabilities brought a new understanding to me as to the supernatural
powers of vampires. The attraction Aleron
had for becoming an immortal sole was a pre-determined destiny, neither
unwanted nor resisted, but willfully approached by him with curiosity and sheer
sensual excitement. Kane’s skill
authoring a credible tale having a bizarre and satanic character while still
preserving the kindness and innocence of Aleron is an absolute spectacular
literary accomplishment.
Aleron will no
doubt win many accolades and achieve recognition amongst a broad group of
readers, introducing Kane’s unique genre of writing to many nonbelievers of
vampires, as well as fueling the desire to quench the thirst of blood sucking
fans. Written with respect for the
reader’s intelligence and without vulgarity, I recommend this to a young adult
audience as well as seasoned readers looking for excellence in
storytelling. Just as Aleron has become
immortal, so I predict will Kane’s book,
Aleron.
This book is the premier of a fantastic new series. Aleron, the first of five novels, book two of the Strigoi series and will be available soon. I can't wait to dive right into the rest of
the Strigoi series. It has plenty
of excitement to sink your teeth into. 
