In Memoir of the Masses, Victor Koupka travels down to the Pyramid of the Sun in Central Mexico. There, he retrieves the skull of Smoking Mirrors. This crystal skull contains the last of the first vampire's blood.
Cloaked with conspiracy, an US agency has developed AIDS as a biological weapon to destroy the vampires of the world.
The vampires seek to clone humans through the help of a young genius, Sean Hamilton. It's their bid to rid themselves of the problems involved in passing into a new host every 52 years.
The events of the novel unravel in the length of four months in the ominous year called One Reed by the Aztecs or 1987 by modern account.
Excerpt from Chapter 25....
His lips quiver. Blood drips as he remains on his hands and knees.
"Please. Please. Take anything you want. Just spare my life. I... I... I have a quarter of a million dollars in the other room. Please take it and let me live."
"Hah, hah, hah! Victor, you fool. I came for two reasons and the money isn't one of them.l I came for the Skull and for your soul. You shall not see tomorrow," I smile.
