The Lady of Serpents: Book Two of The Vampyricon

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From Douglas Clegg, award-winning author of Afterlife and The Hour Before Dark, comes his first-ever fantasy novel, dealing with the dark edge of a fantastic medieval world. The Priest of Blood is the first novel of The Vampyricon, a saga of sword and sorcery — and vampyres.

Hailed as the prophesied messiah of the vampyre, Aleric seemed destined for glory-until, like many of his brethren, he was captured by the sorceress Enora. Imprisoned, he is now forced to fight in the arena for her amusement.

To end Enora’s reign of terror, Aleric must escape and find the alchemist behind her power, though that may mean unleashing Pythia, the Lady of Serpents-Aleric’s old enemy, the seductress who ended his mortal life. For she alone may hold the key to the survival not only of the vampyres, but also all of humankind.

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From Publishers Weekly:
This second installment in Clegg’s unfolding Vampyricon epic brims with the same dazzling invention and creative mythography as its predecessor, The Priest of Blood (2005). Aleric, the Breton falconer, returns as heir apparent to the vampire throne, but in a world vastly different since he breached the Veil separating the ordinary world from the world of the vampire myth stream. The “lost century” he finds himself in after years of imprisonment in a silver-sealed well is a cruel, plague-ridden time where he and his un-dead companion, Ewen, are forced to fight gladiatorial battles against human and animal opponents. Old friends and enemies appear in new guises, and unforeseeable plot twists abound. Clegg’s rich descriptions, ingenious variations on vampire lore and intriguing speculations on a secret history underlying our own make this an exuberantly imagined dark fantasy.

“Astonishing. Douglas Clegg writes of…nightmares with such clarity and passion you don’t end up reading his books; you end up drinking them in. The Priest of Blood is a bloody gem.”
::Christopher Rice
New York Times bestselling author of A Density of Souls and Light Before Day.

“Clegg’s Vampyricon offers a bold epic of a shadowy medieval world and a dark tale of swords, sorcery and vampires in The Priest of Blood.”
::Christine Feehan
NY Times bestselling author of Oceans of Fire and Dark Secret.

“A master of the genre. Absolutely thrilling! Douglas Clegg is the future of dark fantasy.”
::Sherrilyn Kenyon
NY Times bestselling author of the Dark-Hunters.

“The Priest of Blood is a richly layered, beautifully rendered foray into a past filled with sorcery and mystery — and a rousing good story.”
::Kelley Armstrong
Bestselling author of Haunted.

“The Priest of Blood is a dark, sensual epic of alternate history, grand mythology, and the supernatural. This is Clegg writing at his best. An absorbing read, an astounding accomplishment.”
::M.J. Rose
Author of The Halo Effect.

“For decades, vampire novelists have been attempting to find the perfect blend of Fantasy and Horror. With The Vampyricon, Douglas Clegg has reached that summit. A work of dark, delightful vision.”
::Christopher Golden
Author of Wildwood Road and Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels