Darkspawn — Lois Tilton

For years, Lois Tilton has thrilled readers with her innovative and unconventional takes on the world of the undead. Now, in a publishing milestone, Tilton has written a book unlike any that came before, an epic fantasyâ€"with a vampire as its hero.

Lord Emre Bakhany, the vampire prince of Kharithyna, was buried alive three hundred years ago by his mortal enemies, the priests of the sun god Belan. Finally, after years of torment, he escaped from his tomb, half-mad from his long ordeal. The world he discovered upon his release, however, has been overrun by a tribe of murderous barbarians. With a select cadre of fearless associates, Lord Emre must use all his vampiric powers to defeat the invading horde and to reclaim his rightful position as prince of Kharithnya. Breathtaking in pace and epic in scope, this is the novel for which millions of readers of dark fantasy have waited.