 In fact, the original cover of "At All Costs" shows Honor Harrington reading from "David and the Phoenix" to her infant son Raoul.Weber's 2010 novel "Out of the Dark" also mentions the book—as a favorite of one of the main characters' children.Some "Dark Shadows" fans have speculated as to the surface similarity between Ormondroyd's whimsical novel, and the 1967 subplot featuring Laura Murdoch Collins, who reveals her true sinister nature as Laura the Phoenix, as she tries to claim her estranged nine-year-old boy—named David.