The Prophecy: The Golden Vampire Avengers and Their Guardian Wolf

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ACTION APOCALYPTIC DRAMA RELIGIOUS POLITICAL GOTHIC WAR HISTORICAL FICTION YOUNG ADULT

17th Century or Earlier,Earlier 20th Century,20th Century (multiple decades),2000s,Across Centuries

B.L.Letourneau

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Submision Type

book

Logline

Twins are left stranded in Mexico when their parents disappeared. An uncle rescued them. They did not know him. He came in his jet and flew them to Sedona, Arizona. A new place, new people and everything was not as it seemed.

Genre

Action,Apocalyptic,Drama,Religious,Political,Gothic,War,Historical Fiction,Young Adult

Short Summary

Jessie and Johnny are on the eve of their 18th birthday. The day started out normal, but on the way home they are kidnapped. Jessie awakes from a drugged state in a cellar. Johnny is not there. Normal becomes a living nightmare from then on which there was no end.

Setting

Mexico, Arizona, London, Italy, and back to Mexico

Based on a True Story

No

Plot - Premise

Overcoming Monster/Villain,Internal Journey/Rebirth,Tragedy

Plot - Other Elements

Coming of Age,Twist

Mature Audience Themes

Extreme Violence, Language/Profanity

Main Character Details

Name: Jessie DeWitt

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Role: Logical

Key Traits: Adventurous,Badass,Charming,Complex,Honorable,Leader,Patriotic,Secretive

Additional Character Details

Name: Johnny DeWitt

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Role: Antagonist

Key Traits: Charming,Complex,Confident,Honorable,Insecure,Patriotic,Skillful,Funny,Secretive

Additional Character Details

Name: Michael Dubois

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Role: skeptic

Key Traits: Adventurous,Badass,Aggressive,Charming,Complex,Honorable,Leader,Masculine,Patriotic,Skillful,Funny,Romantic,Secretive

Additional Character Details

Name: Jonathan DeWitt

Age: 400 +

Gender: Male

Role: mentor

Key Traits: Badass,Aggressive,Charming,Complex,Confident,Honorable,Leader,Masculine,Patriotic,Religious,Blunt,Outspoken,Skillful,Visionary,Secretive

About The Author

B.L.Letourneau credits the loving support of her family, her husband, Leo, and her nephew, Anthony Green, for his creative drawings. "He drew what my heart saw." The author is an invoice analyst in Tucson, Arizona. She has begun writing the sequels.

Target Audiences

Age: 13-17,18-34,35-54,55+

Target Gender: Universal

Group Specific

Information not completed

Publishing Details

Status: Yes: self-published

Publisher: Strategic Book Publisher 2nd book Newman Springs

Year Published: 2012 2019

Hard Copy Available

No

ISBN

978-1-60976-329-9 978-1-64531-677-0

Genre

THRILLER, ACTION, FANTASY

Brief

Jessie and Johnny are kidnapped and their parents disappear at a car crash in Mexico. The twins are rescued by their Uncle who turns them into vampires to fulfill a prophecy. Along with his own werewolf son, Johnathan send the trio to Europe to prepare to fight evil vampires and complete his vision of saving the world.

Overall Rating

FAIR

Point of View

THIRD PERSON

Narrative Elements

Authors Writing Style: FAIR

Characterization: FAIR

Commerciality: FAIR

Franchise Potential: GOOD

Pace: FAIR

Premise: FAIR

Structure: FAIR

Theme: FAIR

Accuracy of Book Profile

Yes the book profile does describe the story for the most part. It may be better to define the fairy tale details in the short summary as specific to the narrative rather than leaving it as allusions. Listing the antagonist as one of the four main characters rather than Michael may also be beneficial to better reflect the breakdown of the narrative.

Draw of Story

The confusion in the kidnapping is palpable and the unexpected vampire angle rather than a strictly action story makes good supernatural surprise twist.

Possible Drawbacks

There is a shift not just in character pov but from first to third person. It is a bit jarring and hard to follow especially when in the cell Jessie's and Johnny's thoughts are in first person but later the same character's POV is in third person omniscient instead. Changing characters as the main focus is fine for an ensemble story but having parallel structure between first or third person would make the narrative more cohesive.

Use of Special Effects

THE STORY RELIES HEAVILY ON SPECIAL EFFECTS

Primary Hook of Story

The hook is that the teenage twins are saved from kidnapping only to discover they are chosen to fight evil vampires after becoming vampires themselves and having a prominent uncle vampire.

Fanbase Potential

There is a distinct vampire subgenre within fantasy action films as to which the market hasn't been too saturated with lately so this could have a decent size audience. However, it would still be smaller than a normal action film due to its cross-genre approach of vampires.

Awards Potential

Given the dual elements of supernatural vampires and werewolves along with the action genre, this is unlikely to get nominated in the prestige circuit but may find itself in certain popular awards circuit categories.

Envisioned Budget

LARGE BUDGET

Similar Films/TV Series

TWILIGHT SAGA, UNDERWORLD, TRUE BLOOD, SKINWALKERS

What’s New About the Story

The originality stems from the werewolf prophecy that the twin vampires must fight evil along with their cousin, a guardian wolf. Making the wolf element clearer earlier and giving perspective to the wolf may help equally integrate the wolf element more consistently.

Lead Characters

Jessie is a it naive but agressive and decisive. Johnny is calmer and more proper but also loyal. Johnathan is selfless and helpful.

Uniqueness of Story

There are unique vampire elements in how the werewolf saga is combined but the characters lack some development to feel fully three-dimensional with maximum emotional investment.

Possible Formats

Film - Streaming, Film - Indie, Film - Studio

Analyst Recommendation

WORK IN PROGRESS

Justification

While the story has many positive points, it has room for improvement (see possible paths below). If you can't change the story at this point, my suggestion is using your notes as a guide to highlight the best aspects of it when taking the next steps, either putting a pitch page together, a treatment, or a presentation.

Tips for Improvement

Adding clear inner conflicts to all of the characters will help create further investment in the prophecy outside of its external morality and action elements. By showing their motivations as individuals rather than just as responses to external stimuli, the goals will be strengthened as a team effort.