Cruel Nights

Australia's master of undead horror returns with a grunge-soaked tale of love and vampirism in '90s Seattle.

Charlie died in Nevada, 1973, after seeing Led Zeppelin live on stage and making the wrong choice on the long drive home.

Corey meets him at a TAD gig seventeen years later and feels an immediate attraction. They both swear their night together will be a onetime thing, but neither can stay away.

Corey and Charlie spend two decades building a life together, a mortal and vampire in love, but there are some things Corey's not willing to give up. She can move cities when Charlie's eternal youth raises suspicion and she can rebuild her career as a music journalist after every disruption to their life, but as she gets older, it's harder and harder to be satisfied with their nocturnal existence.  

Then a moment of weakness delivers Charlie and Corey the one thing they never expected to have…and their relationship gets more complicated than either of them ever dreamed.

"A punk-noir Only Lovers Left Alive. Edgy, bloody and surprising. Cruel Nights shows Nahrung's just getting better and better."

Angela "A.G." Slatter, award-winning author of The Briar Book of the Dead.

"No-one writes vampires like Nahrung. A bloody perfect cocktail of grunge, love and angry hearts: this book sings."
Trent Jamieson, author of Day Boy and The Stone Road. 

"Compelling, dark and bittersweet. I've never read, or loved, a vampire story quite like Cruel Nights. Nahrung takes familiar horror tropes and creates something completely new, injecting them with grunge, love and intrigue. It's extraordinary."

Steven Paulsen, author of Shadows on the Wall and Dream Weaver.