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.
Ever since, vampires have waged war against humanity buildin. 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. of the Nevernight Chronicle It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. Now imprisoned by the very monsters he vowed to destroy, the last silversaint is forced to tell his story.A rancorous antihero narrates a chilling tale of revenge in this unfocused dark fantasy from Kristoff ( Aurora Burning).
Gabriel de Leon, half man, half monster and last remaining silversaint - a sworn brother of the holy Silver Order dedicated to defending the realm from the creatures of the night - is all that stands between the world and its end.
Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness. It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise.įor nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. V.E Schwab, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE From the Sunday Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Nevernight Chronicle, comes this masterful new series.įeaturing the darkly beautiful illustrations of Bon Orthwick book is bloody brilliant' From New York Times bestselling author Jay Kristoff comes Empire of the Vampire, the first illustrated volume of an astonishing new dark fantasy saga.
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