Aleric must escape his prison and hunt for his former enemy, the Lady of Serpents, who ended his mortal life. She alone may hold the key to the survival of vampyres - and of all humankind.
This second installment in Cleggs unfolding Vampyricon epic brims with the same dazzling invention and creative mythography as its predecessor...Cleggs rich descriptions, ingenious variations on vampire lore and intriguing speculations on a secret history underlying our own make this an exuberantly imagined dark fantasy. --Publishers Weekly
