Vampirates!
I have found the best book of all time - bought it for $1 at a library sale.
VAMPIRATES: Demons of the Ocean!
Oh, yes, they're pirates...AND vampires! Here's the back cover blurbs: "Twins Connor and Grace never dreamed that there was any truth to the Vampirate shanty their father sang to them before he died, but that was before the two were shipwrecked and separated from each other. For Connor, who is taken aboard a pirate ship, there's the chance to learn to sword fight, but for Grace, on board a mysterious ship of vampires, the danger is great. The twins want to find each other more than anything, but time is running out and the ocean is fierce."
And best of all, selections from the Vampirate shanty:
The Vampirate ship has tattered sails,
That flap like wings in flight.
They say that the captain, he wears a veil
So as to curtail your fright
At his death-pale skin
And his lifeless eyes
And his teeth as sharp as night.
Oh, they say the Captain he wears a veil
And his eyes never see the light.
Well, if pirates are bad,
And vampires are worse,
Then I pray that as long as I be
That though I sing of Vampirates
I never one shall see.
Yea, if pirates are danger
And vampires are death,
I'll extend my prayer for thee-
That thine eyes never see a Vampirates...
...and they never lay a hand on thee.
Probably not coincidentally, the author started in marketing - I can see the pitch meeting. "You see, kids will love it, because they're vampires...AND pirates!" Perhaps the sequel will be Vampninjas? Or Pirzombies?
VAMPIRATES: Demons of the Ocean!
Oh, yes, they're pirates...AND vampires! Here's the back cover blurbs: "Twins Connor and Grace never dreamed that there was any truth to the Vampirate shanty their father sang to them before he died, but that was before the two were shipwrecked and separated from each other. For Connor, who is taken aboard a pirate ship, there's the chance to learn to sword fight, but for Grace, on board a mysterious ship of vampires, the danger is great. The twins want to find each other more than anything, but time is running out and the ocean is fierce."
And best of all, selections from the Vampirate shanty:
The Vampirate ship has tattered sails,
That flap like wings in flight.
They say that the captain, he wears a veil
So as to curtail your fright
At his death-pale skin
And his lifeless eyes
And his teeth as sharp as night.
Oh, they say the Captain he wears a veil
And his eyes never see the light.
Well, if pirates are bad,
And vampires are worse,
Then I pray that as long as I be
That though I sing of Vampirates
I never one shall see.
Yea, if pirates are danger
And vampires are death,
I'll extend my prayer for thee-
That thine eyes never see a Vampirates...
...and they never lay a hand on thee.
Probably not coincidentally, the author started in marketing - I can see the pitch meeting. "You see, kids will love it, because they're vampires...AND pirates!" Perhaps the sequel will be Vampninjas? Or Pirzombies?