Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, Book 1) (Paperback) - Jay Kristoff

'This book is bloody brilliant' V.E. Schwab 'A ripping read' Joe Abercrombie

'This book is bloody brilliant'
V.E. Schwab 'A ripping read'
Joe Abercrombie

The SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES bestseller from the award-winning author of the Nevernight Chronicle

It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise.

Ever since, vampires have waged war against humanity building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Gabriel de Leon, half man, half monster, and last remaining silversaint - a sworn brother of the holy Silver Order dedicated to defending the realm from the creatures of the night - is all that stands between the world and its end.

Imprisoned by the very monsters he has vowed to destroy Gabriel is forced to tell his story - a story of legendary battles and forbidden love, of faith lost and friendships won, of the War of the Blood and the Forever King and the quest for humanity's last remaining hope:

The Holy Grail.

Featuring the darkly beautiful illustrations of Bon Orthwick (@monolimeart)

Preorder the hotly anticipated sequel, Empire of the Damned, now.

About the Author

Jay Kristoff is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Lotus War, The Illuminae Files, and The Nevernight Chronicle. He is a winner of five Aurealis Awards, nominee for the David Gemmell Morningstar and Legend awards, named multiple times in the Kirkus and Amazon Best Teen Books lists and published in over thirty-five countries, most of which he has never visited. He is as surprised about all of this as you are.

Jay is 6'7'' and has approximately 11,935 days to live. He abides in Melbourne with his secret agent kung-fu assassin wife.

He does not believe in happy endings.