Ricky is selling blood weed and vamp snort on a Bradford estate back in 1996. He is creating vampires from their use of the drug. In 2011 Dominic the mayor's assistant and Gary, his friend who is a historian are going round looking for old ruined houses to bring back to life. Dominic shape shifts. Sometimes he is Harry Price, the ghost hunter and other times Titus Junior of The Salt Mill. Thanks to Dominic, Borley Rectory is floating round on the ether collecting souls. Dominic has then fixed his ideas on Milner Field, former home of Titus Junior.
Both Dominic and Gary belong to the Brotherhood of the Tulip, a secret organisation that intends to resurrect Titus Junior at the Hill of Baal, near the Rocks of Faith, by using a ritual that Gary found written on an old parchment in a bookshop. Grand Master Tulip has found a suitable host and he has called on his vampire helpers who work at a local retro rock music venue for their assistance, as well as linking up to sources in Glastonbury.
Although the book is a work of fiction, all the characters are based on real people. The Hill Of Baal is of course Baildon, where ancient peoples worshipped the God Baal up on the moor. There are other places in the UK also dedicated to Baal too. Public sacrifices of cattle as part of a celebration, happened in Baildon in the 19th century. The cattle were led on a path from the area of Baildon Green, up to another area around what is now known as Shipley Glen and then slaughtered, to bring prosperity to the farmers and the other workers. Baal is sometimes depicted as a Fallen Angel connected to King Solomon and is also known as Baal Hamon in history. Baal is a Carthaginian deity and it is widely believed that Phoneticians and other ancient Mediterranean peoples actually reached the countries we now call the United Kingdom, bringing their beliefs with them.
The Saltaire Vampires: Milner Field Resurrection
