Category: Fantasy Publisher: Damnation Books
ISBN-10: 1615723943
Pages: 48
Copyright: June 1, 2011
ISBN-13: 9781615723942
Short novella about a vampire with a past she prefers to forget, who meets up with a remnant of the life she once knew. The desire for a revenge she had given up on getting resurfaces as her past comes back to haunt her new life.
Shiva is a vampire who would rather let go of the painful memories of her past. Unfortunately, a piece of her past walks back into her life in the form of a vampire slayer named Desmond. Even as they become lovers, Shiva holds him at arm's length for fear of secrets being revealed. Desmond sets out to understand why Shiva is so guarded and self-protective, and ultimately uncovers all of the details of a murderous plot set in motion by the organization in which he had so much faith.
Excerpt
Slayers were unaware of that code. It was a simple one – no killing unless warranted. Shiva realized that vampires certainly were not undead Robin Hoods, but nor were they the depraved monsters of nightmare. Well, for the most part… Vampires did take advantage of their allure to enjoy whatever they desired, including wealth, devoted mortal followers, and sex. The vampire world was much like the mortal world; full of politics and power plays. Undead society simply operated after dark.
Shiva sighed as her mind went back to the werewolves. Another reminder of her painful past. First the slayer, and then the werewolves. Too many things on her mind and not enough distractions existed to keep her from thinking about those things.
The door opened and he entered, looking grave. “You have a guest.”
“I hope you turned him away,” Shiva said, not moving from where she sat on her bed, staring down at her hands.
“Actually, I let him in.”
“What? Why?” Shiva leapt to her feet to glare at her Lord in outrage.
“I want him here even less than you do, but I don’t think he poses a threat. Yet.”
“Did you consider that he poses a threat to me?”
He knew what she meant and nodded. “Despite that, I think it is time you face everything. You will never truly put it to rest if you do not finish the task you inherited. Don’t you agree?”
A crusade against an ancient evil.
A brotherhood bound by oath.
A victory that will cost everything.
This chivalric epic, lost for centuries, now in the refurbished language of Malory. A crew of disenfranch
A handfull of survivors wash ashore from a ship wreck in a strange new world. Two centuries later their descendants have populated the Islands they found and are now striving to populate a mainland infested with trolls and dragons. Only some of the
