![]() There’s enough action and bloodshed here to please Kristoff’s diehard fans, but the choppy storytelling make this one to skip for more casual readers. Kristoff’s multifaceted exploration of morality is enticing and complex, but the narrative misses the mark with unsteady pacing and a proliferation of melodrama. ![]() But despite his blackhearted hatred, there’s one thing that gives Gabriel pause in his relentless quest for revenge-the crusade for the Holy Grail, which represents the last hope for men. Gabriel offers an acrimonious recollection of how he earned his reputation as “the most fearsome swordsman who ever lived” and why he abandoned his faith to devote himself to killing the Forever King, the coldblood who set him on a monstrous path for vengeance. After the coldbloods arrest Gabriel for crimes against them, their ruler, the Undying Empress, sends her historian to chronicle his life before his execution. ![]() Schwab, New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 'Kristoff’s Empire of the Vampire is a. Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of Strange the Dreamer This book is bloody brilliant. Gabriel de León is the Last of the Silversaints, a devout brotherhood of half-vampires, half-humans who have sworn their lives to the Church in defense against the coldbloods, or full-blooded vampires, who have hunted their lands for decades. Praise for Empire of the Vampire: Brilliant and unputdownable, with tenderness and light bound into the bitterdark of a grim and fascinating world. ![]() A rancorous antihero narrates a chilling tale of revenge in this unfocused dark fantasy from Kristoff ( Aurora Burning). ![]()
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