When the sun went dark twenty seven years ago, all the creatures of the night began to take over. But a killer is loose within the Church’s halls, the bloody secrets of Mia’s past return to haunt her, and a plot to bring down the entire congregation is unfolding in the shadows she so loves. Empire of the Vampire is a high fantasy novel about Gabriel, a holy warrior who is determined to help rid the world of evil creatures. If she bests her fellow students in contests of steel, poison and the subtle arts, she’ll be inducted among the Blades of the Lady of Blessed Murder, and one step closer to the vengeance she desires. Now, Mia is apprenticed to the deadliest flock of assassins in the entire Republic-the Red Church. JOE ABERCROMBIE, bestselling author of the First Law trilogy. A ripping readdark as black coffee and savage as a slit throat. But her gift for speaking with the shadows leads her to the door of a retired killer, and a future she never imagined. This book is bloody brilliant VE SCHWAB, bestselling author of the Shades of Magic series. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Alone and friendless, she hides in a city built from the bones of a dead god, hunted by the Senate and her father’s former comrades. Empire of the Vampire Book Series Empire of the Vampire Authors: Jay Kristoff Related Series: The Lotus Wars, The Nevernight Chronicle, The Aurora Cycle, LIFEL1K3, The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror The Empire of the Vampire book series by Jay Kristoff begins with Empire of the Vampire. Empire of the Vampire: Book 1 by Jay Kristoff, Bon Orthwick (Illustrator) It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. In a land where three suns almost never set, a fledgling killer joins a school of assassins, seeking vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family.ĭaughter of an executed traitor, Mia Corvere is barely able to escape her father’s failed rebellion with her life. – Robin Hobb, bestselling author of ASSASSIN’S APPRENTICE The reader will be swept up in a world of hard choices, conflicting loyalties and characters you’ll remember for years.” “Nevernight’s plot is like a river in flood.

Empire of the vampire book series