{"product_id":"carpathia-brefni-orourke-9798180591265","title":"Carpathia: A Brefniverse Alt-History Horror Thriller","description":"Harried survivors of the Titanic are brought aboard a rescue vessel, only to be targeted by a vicious nest of vampires, forcing a three-day battle for their lives, souls, and control of the ship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn April 1912, the RMS Carpathia races through the frozen North Atlantic to rescue the survivors of the Titanic. Under the command of Captain Arthur Rostron, the ship becomes a floating sanctuary for the traumatized, the freezing, and the bereaved. But among the rescued passengers - and hidden within the ship's cargo - something ancient has awakened. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the overcrowded vessel begins its three-day journey back to New York, fear spreads below decks. Survivors vanish. Bodies are found drained of blood. Strange figures move through the corridors after midnight. And a wealthy Croatian aristocrat, Luka Alilovic, seems to know far more about the nightmare unfolding aboard than he admits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Rostron struggles to maintain order, a small band of passengers and crew - including wireless operator Harold Cottam, young traveler Patricia Von Ohlen, her uncle Sonny, Titanic survivor Emma Darrows, and the mysterious Valvasor - begin to realize the Carpathia has become the battleground for a hidden war. The ship that saved hundreds from the sea may now be carrying them toward something far worse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDecades later, in 1996, disgraced reporter Nora Von Ohlen arrives in a remote coastal town after her elderly grandmother disappears under disturbing circumstances. Inside her grandmother's cottage, Nora discovers a diary from the Carpathia voyage and a trail of evidence suggesting the official story of history's greatest rescue left out its most terrifying chapter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs past and present collide, Nora is drawn toward a remote island, a long-buried family secret, and a surviving evil that has waited more than eighty years to finish what began aboard the Carpathia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCARPATHIA \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe greatest rescue in history was only the beginning...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brefni O'Rourke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798180591265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Brefni O'Rourke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173570519295,"sku":"9798180591265","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/carpathia-brefni-orourke-9798180591265","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}