The Poisonous Serpent by Brian BallThe workThe Poisonous Serpent was written by Brian Ball and published by the New English Library Limited from Barnard's Inn Holborn, London ECI in 1974. The book was was made and printed in Great Britain by C. Nicholls & Company Ltd. This book is a fiction and horror book about vampires. The alternate name of the book is The Night Creature. Author Brian Ball was born in the United Kingdom in 1932. He is perhaps best known to fans of SPACE: 1999 for writing the first season novel The Space Guardians, based on the Missing Link episodes. , Life Force and The Guardian of Piri. But that's just a small part of a writing career that spanned forty years and dozens of books, ranging from his trilogy Timepiece, Timepivot, and Timepit (1968-71) to 1972's The Probability Man , through the Keegan and Witchfinder series, and young adult sci-fi and fantasy novels from Sundog (1965) to Stone Age Magic (1989). He is also an educator and anthologist. Brian Ball has written many children's books and mysteries. Characterization and Relationships Andy Thomas and Sally Fenton are the main characters in the novel. Sally is a tall, blonde German girl with a heart-shaped face and blue eyes. Andy and Sally are not married but live together. They are very charming couples. They live in the same house and earn money from the same job, craft store. Knight Lord Humphrey de Latours and Lady Sybil de Latours are a couple who lived in Stymead centuries ago. Lord Humphrey is not a handsome man, he is short and fat. But Lady Sybil has a very beautiful body, she is tall and a girl with black hair and blue eyes. Cunningham is the vicar of St. James's in the village. He is a tall, thin, old and angry man. Postlethwaite is a police officer. He is very friendly with his red face.Mr. Judson is the village's neighbor. He is a very angry person. He has many lambs on his own farm in the village.Mrs. Harris is a very helpful and kind lady from the village. She is their neighbor. Furry Queens is the name of their twin kittens. They are very warm and adorable kittens. Cornelius is their precise dog. It's very big but not terrible. The Event The weather is very bad at this time in Stymead, thunder is roaring and it is raining. All the villagers come to church tonight because there is a creature in the village..