Empire of the Damned

Gabriel de León, the Last Silversaint, has kept the Holy Grail alive, but the chance he had to end the endless night is gone. A verse about a holy cup and a mere man who ends the dark hangs over him, and he is no closer to making it true.

His new task is to carry the Grail to the ancients of the Blood Esani, where he hopes to learn how Daysdeath might finally be undone. To get there he has to rely on Liathe, a mysterious vampire, and the alliance between them is uneasy.

The road is dangerous from every side. Terrors of the Blood Voss hunt him, and he is pulled into a war between the Blood Dyvok and the duskdancers of the frozen Highlands. Inside him, a rising bloodlust grows harder to hold back.

This is dark fantasy about vampires and holy warriors, built as a quest with a heavy cost. The mood is bleak and menacing, with threats on the road and within the hero himself. The Grail has a truth of her own to learn, and it may be worse than anyone can imagine.