Dry Blood Springs: A Battle of Hope Versus Darkness Set in the West - Paperback

by Bryon K. Saxton (Author)

Dry Blood Springs is a vampire/Western adventure set in a southern Utah town in the late 1850s that pits a man's search for self-respect against pure evil, and the length he will go to putting his most prize possession, his family, at risk in order to obtain it. Dry Blood Springs is a story about heroism, desperation and the fear that goes into changing one's persona. Newspaper man James Edward Furst, a.k.a. Jef, a fish-out-of-water cowboy envisions his bravery in writing articles about the town's unexpected guest, a blood thirsty vampire, will gain him all the respect he needs from his fellow town members. But Jef's plan is knocked off track when his protective wife and two children, family that is his most prize possession, is put at risk in all of his scheming.

Author Biography

BRYON K. SAXTON is a former reporter for a daily newspaper based in Ogden, Utah. For roughly 30 years Saxton covered beats in investigation, government, and community. Saxton is a graduate from Weber State University, where he received a Bachelor's of Science in Communications, emphasis in journalism, and an English minor. He is a longtime resident of Weber County and is married with four children. Dry "Blood" Springs is his first novel, and was inspired by Saxton's real-life battle of hope verse darkness.