title: Darkness Before Dawn
author:  J. A. London 
description: This new twist on the vampire genre is actionpacked and full of plot turns. The main characters are compelling, and the love triangleadds to the suspense and intrigue. A satisfying read with a cliffhanger ending that leaves readers thirsty for more. (School Library Journal)<br /><br />J.A. London takes the reader into a vampire world different from most. (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA))
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  TIME: 12: 37 - DAY: Tuesday - MONTH: June - YEAR: The not too distant future…
  PLACE: LONDON
  
  
  
  
  
  PART ONE
  
  
  
  
  
  ADVENT
  
  
  
  
  
  They scurried through the darkness, shadowy creatures living in permanent
  night.
  
  
  
  
  
  They had learned to become still, to be the darkness, when the huge monsters
  roared above and filled the tunnels with thunder, assaulting the black refuge
  - their cold, damp sanctuary - with rushing lights and deadly crushing weight.
  
  
  
  
  
  They would cower as the ground beneath them shook, the walls around them
  trembled; and they would wait until the rushing thing had passed, not afraid
  but necessarily wary, for it was an inveterate invader but one which killed
  the careless.
  
  
  
  
  
  They had learned to keep within the confines of their underworld, to venture
  out only when their own comforting darkness was sistered with the darkness
  above. For they had a distant race-memory of an enemy, a being whose purpose
  was to destroy them. A being who existed in the upper regions where there w