Publication Date: April 22, 2026
DCI Eleanor Moore is drawn into a series of brutal killings that defy explanation. As she follows the trail of evidence, she uncovers links between the crimes, the vaccine, and a shadowy conspiracy determined to control the future. The investigation becomes painfully personal when Eleanor realises a member of her own family may be entangled in the very secrets she is chasing.
Blood Becoming: Halvyn Dawn is a paranormal crime thriller set in 2046, where the aftermath of a contaminated vaccine has altered humanity in ways no one yet fully understands. Hybrid beings walk among us, their true nature hidden until violence drags them into the light.
A series of grisly murders sets the stage for a futuristic paranormal crime series.
Author Gail Waterhouse serves up the first installment with Blood Becoming: Halvyn Dawn, set in 2046.
Detective Chief Inspector Eleanor Moore leads up the investigation, discovering a connection between the brutal slayings and the aftermath of a contaminated vaccine.
One of the interesting aspects woven well into the story is vampirism. Thanks to a solid plot about changes occurring in the aftermath of a vaccine, a desire for blood seems like a natural fit.
It’s not often that a police procedural gets combined with the supernatural, so the author brings a fresh voice to the genre.
Blood Becoming: Halvyn Dawn introduces readers to a promising futuristic crime series with a side order of the paranormal.
Gail Waterhouse is a UK-based author of crime thrillers with a speculative edge. With a background in design, and an MA in Creative & Media Education, she writes grounded, character-driven stories that blend police procedural realism with darker, thought-provoking themes.
Her work explores near-future worlds shaped by scientific change and human consequence, where the line between the natural and unnatural begins to blur. Inspired by conversations about climate change and humanity’s future, her stories examine what we might become when survival demands evolution.
She lives in the North East of England.
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