Empire of the Damned
core novel 2023 Empire of the Vampire
Record
| First published | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.55 (37,350 ratings, collected 2026-08-24) |
| Page count | 709 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250245335 |
Synopsis
Empire of the Damned, the second book in Jay Kristoff's Empire of the Vampire series, follows Gabriel de Leon after he has recovered the Holy Grail but missed his chance to end the endless night that has gripped the world since Daysdeath. Forming an uneasy partnership with Liathe, a vampire whose motives remain unclear, Gabriel sets out to deliver the Grail to the ancient Blood Esani vampires in hopes of learning how the perpetual darkness might finally be broken. Along the way he is pursued by dangerous Blood Voss creatures, caught between warring vampire factions and the Highland duskdancers, and increasingly troubled by his own worsening bloodlust, a legacy of his earlier transformation. As Gabriel edges closer to an answer, he begins to suspect that whatever truth awaits him may be more difficult to face than the darkness he has spent his life fighting.
Where it sits
- Universe: Empire of the Vampire
- Series: Empire of the Vampire core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Jay Kristoff
Notes
- From the series record (Empire of the Vampire): The complete, finished trilogy; no further volumes planned.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Empire of the Vampire: position 2 of 3: previous Empire of the Vampire (2021) · next Empire of the Dawn (2025)
Sources
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