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Timeliness is generally important when it comes to getting a sequel to a popular work to the market, but you can forgive Bram Stoker for not following up on his 1897 classic, "Dracula," due to his being dead.

Luckily, his great-grandnephew (the awesomely named Dacre Stoker) has picked up the slack with his novel "Dracula: The Un-Dead." According to Stoker (the living one), his great-granduncle always intended to write a sequel to clear up Dracula's debatable death at the end of the original.

The new story follows the crew of vampire killers from the original, 25 years after the fact. Van Helsing, the Harkers and Dr. Seward apparently are all content, believing they killed Dracula. But someone is picking them off, and there's a female vampire making life difficult for Londonfolk, not to mention a cop convinced it's Jack the Ripper on the prowl.

Reviews are favorable, despite history assuring us that not only do most sequels suck, but sequels helmed by different writers suck even more. And, as an added bonus, there's always the potential for part three. Hopefully it'll take place in space and feature a fight with the Wolfman.