The Red Mother
When the last vampire discovers he may no longer be alone, the hunt to weed out the revived threat reveals a dark scheme centuries in the making.
Sigmund is the last living vampire, a fate he had made for himself after waging a brutal war of extinction against his own kin long ago. He lives as a simple mercenary in the merchant town of Ingratia now, able to seamlessly meld into human society. He remains as an eternal vigil against the threat of his own kind, should they ever return. When a stranger enlists his aid in tracking down the source of rumored vampire attacks, he can't help but investigate the validity of these claims. He knows all too well the danger a single vampire can pose.
Erin is the daughter of the king of Winthria, a princess, but last in line to the throne. Rather than wasting her time partaking in courtly affairs and plotting for power, she instead uses her prodigious intellect studying the magical art of vestige summoning and tracking down occult artifacts from bygone eras. When news of savage attacks in the city of Listry reaches her ears, she can't help but notice how similar they sound to the old myths of vampire attacks. Her gut tells her that this is no mere coincidence.
An old vampire and a young princess join forces to find the source of this emerging vampire brood, using centuries of learned experience and youthful innovation to peel back the layers of an insidious plot in this thrilling dark fantasy.
New bonds will be forged, old bonds will be strengthened, and blood will be spilled. In an unforgiving world teeming with lost secrets and esoteric powers, there is only one truth that all will come to learn:
Sometimes, if you want to kill a monster, you must be one yourself