Fangland

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Fangland
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AuthorJohn Marks
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Thriller
Horror
Suspense
Publisher Penguin Press / Penguin Putnam
Publication date
January 15, 2007
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages388 pp
ISBN 978-1-59420-117-2
OCLC 70630646
813/.54 22
LC Class PS3563.A66655 F36 2007

Fangland is a 2007 novel written by John Marks, a former producer for 60 Minutes . It is a reimagined version of Dracula by Bram Stoker, set in a post-9/11 New York. Like Dracula, Fangland is written in parts as an epistolary novel through e-mails, diary entries and letters. It received a World Fantasy Award nomination. [1]

Contents

Plot summary

The story begins with Evangeline Harker, an associate producer of the television news program, The Hour, and the daughter of a rich Texan magnate. Harker is tasked with investigating the notorious Eastern European crime lord Ion Torgu in Romania, to see if there is a story for The Hour there. She reluctantly accepts and travels to Transylvania where she meets Clementine Spence, a fellow American who tries to warn her about things beyond natural comprehension.

After meeting with Torgu, Evangeline is convinced to accompany him to a remote hotel. While Evangeline encounters horrors at the hotel, she goes missing in the eyes of the world. Meanwhile, mysterious tapes are delivered to the offices of The Hours, infecting the entire audio system with a strange noise.

Characters

Film adaptation

A film adaptation was announced in 2007, with Hilary Swank [4] involved. Mark Wheaton wrote the first draft of the adaptation before the Writers Guild of America strike, and the global economic crisis. [5] Sriram Das and Jason Blum produced the film for Blumhouse Prods. [6] However, Swank is not involved. [7] Before his death it was announced that Wes Craven had been hired to direct the adaptation, replacing Carpenter. The film has since been abandoned.

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