The Deliverance Engine — Robert Davis

It’s a race against time for vampire-hunter, Anders Draculescu, when his apprentice falls victim to a necromancer’s curse.With the young man’s life hanging in the balance, Draculescu has only a matter of days in which to slay the necromancer and lift his curse, but as the hunt unfolds, Draculescu soon learns that there is much more at stake.The necromancer seeks an ancient artefact that has the power to control vampires, and he is not the only one seeking it. Enemies, both living and undead, want the artefact for their own ends, and will stop at nothing to possess it.From the subterranean torture chambers of an insane priest to a ruinous castle clinging precariously to an unstable cliff face, Draculescu must follow the clues and uncover the truth in what might be his most dangerous adventure yet.