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Blessed with Suck: Vampires, or "the night people," are far more powerful than their daylight brethren.Blade Enthusiast: Sour Billy always carries a trademark knife with him.

On the other hand, Julian's approach - which essentially boils down to genocide For the Evulz - has many eager followers.

Black-and-Grey Morality: Within the vampires' circle, it's stressed that many of them are not inherently bad people, but more slaves to the red thirst who kill for strength and sustenance rather than to derive any real pleasure from the act of murder.

The Big Guy: Hairy Mike, the enormous and not particularly bright enforcer on the Fevre Dream.

Beauty Is Bad: The vampires themselves, whose favoured victims are humans possessing youth and conventional beauty.

Sadly, they ain't badass enough to deal with the thousands-years-old vampire lord.

Badass Crew: The core crew of "Fevre Dream": Abner Marsh, Mike Dunn, Mr.

Badass Bookworm: Mr Jeffers, the ship's clerk, who sports gold-rimmed glasses, plays chess well, and is well read.Steamboats in general as Martin had a brief obsession with them.Marsh is a Big Eater, and the book includes a copious amount of Food Porn.Asskicking Leads to Leadership: The strongest vampire of a pack is acknowledged as the "bloodmaster," and at least apparently holds complete dominion over his underlings.Asshole Victim: Two slavers return runaway slaves to Julian, having tortured them into revealing their status and former owner.Not to be confused with the Preston & Child novel Fever Dream. The novel is notable for its unconventional take on traditional subject matter as well as the copious amount of detail put into the setting. As Marsh investigates further, he discovers dark forces at work along the river. After the pair set sail on their maiden voyage, Marsh becomes frustrated with York's eccentric behavior, such as only coming out at night and making unscheduled stops in places where people have recently gone missing. The story begins with Abner Marsh, the owner of a small steamboat company, entering into a partnership with Joshua York, a mysterious stranger who helps him create the greatest steamboat on the Mississippi River, called the Fevre Dream. Martin, taking place on the Mississippi River during the golden age of steamboats. Fevre Dream is a 1982 Historical Fiction Vampire Fantasy/ Horror novel by George R.