

The Vampire Duke Sforza is massing a dark army against Florence, and Byzantium is on the march. Edward IV sits on the throne of England, but his kingdom is threatened by an expansionist Byzantine Empire.

It’s a sprawling alternate history that combines Richard III, Edward IV, the Princes in the Tower, the Medicis, and vampires. The Dragon Waiting: A Masque of History was published in 1983. I would have recommended they film John M. I could have saved them a lot of time if they’d just asked me. A tale of dark magics, black-hearted evil, kings and princes, palace intrigue, war, treachery, and sex.

For the last few years the major streaming players - Netflix, HBO, Amazon, Hulu, and others - have spent untold millions searching for the next Game of Thrones.
