Scarlet Ambrosia

Blood is the Nectar of Life—A Thrilling Tale of Two Hearts' Desires

How does a nice Jewish accountant tell his parents he’s become a vampire? If only that were his biggest problem.

A one night stand, an error in judgment, a wrong turn—words can barely describe the events that thrust Devon Furst into the arms of a beautiful vampire lover.

The violent aftermath of that fateful night threatens to burn Devon's eternal life down to ashes, and endangers the lives of everyone close to him.

Everything in Devon’s life changes in the span of a few hours.  When he asks Mathilde de Roche one too many questions, the troubled vampiress has no choice but to offer Devon two terrible alternatives: Death or life as a vampire.  For a twenty-eight year old man in perfect health, death is not an option.  Mathilde’s alluring beauty makes the decision and her vampire blood easier to swallow.

Devon must leave behind everyone and everything he holds dear, to face a future full of uncertainty, and a five-hundred-year-old enemy endowed with super-human powers.

“A year after writing ‘Scarlet Ambrosia,’ I see the story through a different pair of eyes,” Gittlin says.  “At the core of the novel is a young man’s struggle with darkness and light.  The vampire archetype, I now realize, is a metaphor for my heart’s dream to realize its divine nature.  The supernatural powers and ramped up energy level Devon acquires as a vampire make him half-human and half-god, something like the mythological Greek gods.  He can choose to use his new powers for good or evil purposes.  

“Please don’t think I have a God complex.  I believe everyone has the potential to become a divinely human being.  I’ve been a ‘spiritual seeker’ for most of my adult life.  Awakening isn’t easy, but I’ve found it’s worth the effort.  What happens for Devon is happening for me, sadly without the super-human powers, but happily, minus the need to drink human blood.”

After a career in marketing, David Gittlin wrote three screenplays before turning to novels.  His first novel, a Science-Fantasy, “Three Days to Darkness,” was a recent nominee to the James Kirkwood Prize for creative writing.  “Scarlet Ambrosia” is his second novel.

Contact: David Gittlin
Entelligent Entertainment
20191 East Country Club Drive
Aventura, FL 33180
Phone: 305-343-2517
Email: dave.gittlin@gmail.com
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