Louis presages an alliance that plans to start the reconquest of the North with better guns, better ships. The Greyfriar by Susan and Clay Griffith is a steampunk alt-history with vampires and a debut of a series in which vampires - homo nosferatus, a parasitic but with very powerful physical attributes cousin species living in clans in zones of moderate temperature - banded together and attacked the Northern Hemisphere states in 1870, almost destroying the western civilization the survivors retreated South and mixed with the locals creating the Empire of Equatoria (India, S.Africa, parts of Africa, Egypt, the Gulf.) with the capital at Alexandria, the American Republic with the capital at Panama City, the Japanese Empire with the capital in Singapore and other smaller states, while free city-states in Southern Europe eke a meager existence, and the vampires have their own states in England, France.įast forward some 100+ years later and an union between Adele the heir of Equatoria and Senator Clark the hero of the (temporary) reconquest of St. Combining rousing pulp action with steampunk style, The Greyfriar brings epic political themes to life within a story of heartbreaking romance, sacrifice, and heroism. The Greyfriar: Vampire Empire is the first book in a trilogy of high adventure and alternate history. Their dangerous relationship plays out against an approaching war to the death between humankind and the vampire clans. Her only protector is The Greyfriar, a mysterious hero who fights the vampires from deep within their territory. But her quest turns black when she becomes the target of a merciless vampire clan. She is eager for an adventure before she settles into a life of duty and political marriage to man she does not know. She is quick with her wit as well as with a sword or gun. Princess Adele is heir to the Empire of Equatoria, a remnant of the old tropical British Empire. It is now 2020 and a bloody reckoning is coming. They brought technology and a feverish drive to reestablish their shattered societies of steam and iron amid the mosques of Alexandria, the torrid quietude of Panama, or the green temples of Malaya. Human refugees fled south to the tropics because vampires could not tolerate the constant heat there.

Within two years, once great cities were shrouded by the grey empire of the vampire clans.

Millions more died of disease and famine due to the havoc that followed. In the year 1870, a horrible plague of vampires swept over the northern regions of the world. Liu, New York Times bestselling author of the Hunter Kiss and Dirk & Steele series. It's epic and lovely, heartbreakingly romantic (in every sense of the word) and an incredibly satisfying read, both for the characters and the richness of the world.' -Marjorie M.

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