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  JUST BEFORE DAWN: a NOCTURNAL novel by Mark Allen now available on Amazon For Immediate Release: Author Mark Allen has released his new NOCTURNAL novel, JUST BEFORE DAWN on Amazon.   Press photos from award winning photographer, Fiona Young.  It has been five years since the events of NOCTURNAL, and life has settled back to normal. The Vampire continues his quiet existence and visits his beloved granddaughter, Lottie. Reggie Downing is now Lead Detective, and Nick Castle is his lieutenant after Morris Horn's retirement. Reggie is Nick’s most trusted confidant. But a twisted killer stalks San Diego’s Vampire Goth club scene, leaving kills that mimic vampirism. Desperate to stop this evil, Reggie asks for his ancestor's help once again. Reluctant to involve himself in “the affairs of man” and yet deeply offended by the killer’s methods, the Vampire uneasily agrees. As they track this human monster who always keeps one step ahead, a dark and powerful entity from ...

  First Look at Mark Allen's Just Before Dawn For Immediate Release: Critically acclaimed novelist Mark Allen recently revealed the cover photo and a Friday October 06, 2023 release date for his upcoming novel, JUST BEFORE DAWN. This novel, Allen’s third, is a direct sequel to his debut, NOCTURNAL, and picks up five years after that book’s events. The Vampire Eddie Marx has returned to his quiet existence, removed from “the affairs of man”. His great, great grandson, Reggie, along with Reggie’s friend Nick Castle, have continued their careers with the San Diego Police Department and received major promotions. But a serial killer stalks the city’s vampire Goth scene, leaving kills that mimic vampirism. Reggie once again enlists the Vampire’s reluctant help. Simultaneously, a dark, powerful force from the Vampire’s past arises in the present to destroy him and his descendants, severing his bloodline. “I had had always envisioned NOCTURNAL as a one-off,” Allen explains. “But everyone ...