The Priest of Blood — Douglas Clegg

The New York Times bestselling novel of sword, sorcery -- and vampyres! From New York Times bestselling and Bram Stoker award-winning author Douglas Clegg comes a heart-pounding heroic epic of gothic dark fantasy in The Priest of Blood, Book One of The Vampyricon.


In a medieval world, within a forgotten century where dark and dangerous magic lies hidden among lost cities of legend, Aleric the Falconer finds his unique and terrible destiny in the bloody embrace of the beautiful vampyre, Pythia. 


Set in a dangerous world of ancient forests and buried kingdoms, of gods and monsters, of love that crosses centuries, and vengeance beyond lifetimes, <em>The Priest of Blood</em> is the tale of Aleric, Falconer, of his quest for the legendary priest-king within whose tomb the secrets of the ancient, immortal race of vampyres reside.


Be sure to get the rest of the Vampyricon trilogy:


The Lady of Serpents, Book Two

The Queen of Wolves, Book Three


“Astonishing. Douglas Clegg writes of…nightmares with such clarity and passion you don't end up reading his books; you end up drinking them in. The Priest of Blood is a bloody gem.”

Christopher Rice, New York Times bestselling author of The Vines and Heaven's Rise.


"A dark tale of swords, sorcery, and vampires." -- Christine Feehan, NY Times bestselling author.


"Douglas Clegg has accomplished a rarity in the horror vein...This book will sink its teeth into you" -- The Kansas City Star


"Richly layered, beautifully rendered foray into a past filled with sorcery and mystery -- and a rousing good story." -- Kelley Armstrong, New York Times bestselling author


Stunning...gives the iconic vampire a massive makeover. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review.


Discover Douglas Clegg's fiction:


Lights Out

Neverland

The Children's Hour

The Halloween Man

You Come When I Call You

The Hour Before Dark

Nightmare House

Bad Karma

Goat Dance

Breeder

Afterlife

Purity 

Dark of the Eye 

The Words 

Wild Things 

Red Angel 

Night Cage 

Mischief 

The Infinite 

The Abandoned 

The Necromancer 

Isis 

Naomi 

The Nightmare Chronicles 

The Attraction 

Night Asylum

The Priest of Blood 

The Lady of Serpents 

The Queen of Wolves