Noun
fevre (plural fevres)
Obsolete form of fever.
D'Amassa, Don "Martin, George" pages 388-390 from St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost and Gothic Writers edited by David Pringle, Detroit: St. James Press, 1997 page 390. Martin followed up Fevre Dream with another horror novel, The Armageddon Rag. Source: Internet
Critic Don D'Amassa has praised Fevre Dream for its strong 19th century atmosphere and wrote: "This is without question one of the greatest vampire novels of all time". Source: Internet
The ensuing battle between Julian and York which begins when the former accepts the latter's invitation to visit the Fevre Dream brings catastrophe onto human and vampire alike. Source: Internet
The protagonist of Fevre Dream is Joshua York, a "bloodmaster" vampire with the ability to control other vampires who has created a mixture of blood and wine that is able to feed the vampires who hopes to create a peace between the vampires and humans. Source: Internet
The vampires of Fevre Dream lacked a culture of their own and instead borrowed their culture from humans, whom they ironically hold in contempt as nothing more than "cattle" that exist only to feed them. Source: Internet
To this end, York buys a half-ownership in a Mississippi riverboat Fevre Dream which he makes his home and whose captain, Abner Marsh serves as the novel's narrator. Source: Internet