THE VAMPIRE SOLDIER: The Truth This Time
by John C. Scott
What if a single immortal creature—an ancient vampire—had walked through the entire arc of human history, witnessing wars, empires, cataclysms, and humanity’s darkest and brightest moments? What if he told the story himself?
THE VAMPIRE SOLDIER introduces Paul, a 1,500-year-old vampire who hides in plain sight among humans. He has lived as a soldier, sailor, pilot, physician, mechanic—and most consistently, a lover of women. Externally young, internally ancient, he moves through history feeding, fighting, and surviving.
When the novel opens, Paul is serving—under a stolen identity—as a Marine in Fallujah. His inhuman strength, speed, and senses make him a perfect soldier… so long as no one discovers what he is. From modern Iraq to the Dark Ages, the narrative pulls readers backward and forward through time, revealing the key wars and eras he has survived: the American Civil War, World Wars I and II, medieval Europe, ancient conflicts, and more.
But this is not a romanticized vampire tale.
Paul is a predator.
The book dives deeply into the biology, psychology, and brutality of vampirism, including the explicit and primal methods by which Paul feeds—favoring young human females and concealing his hunts through seduction. The story becomes intensely graphic as it explores his interactions, desires, and the violent realities of being a creature who lives among humans but is not one of them.
Along the way, the narrator—who once discovered that his own grandmother was a vampire—recounts the unsettling and intimate truths learned from both Paul and this ancient “family member.” Their revelations expose the secret world of vampires:
their supernatural abilities
their impossibly long memories
their detachment from humanity
their internal moral conflicts
their struggle between God and damnation
Paul’s life story becomes a chronicle of war, desire, survival, and existential torment. His curse of unending life forces him to confront the emptiness behind immortality and the monstrous impulses he cannot escape.
Blending military realism, vampire lore, erotic horror, and historical fantasy, The Vampire Soldier is an unapologetically raw, dark, and visceral tale of what it truly means to be one of the undead walking through centuries of human misery—and human beauty.
A brutal, unsettling journey. A vampire story like no other.
