Empire of the Vampire
core novel 2021 Empire of the Vampire
Record
| First published | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.33 (89,580 ratings, collected 2026-08-24) |
| Page count | 739 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250245281 |
Synopsis
Empire of the Vampire is set twenty-seven years after Daysdeath, a mysterious event that plunged the world into permanent darkness and allowed vampires to conquer humanity. Gabriel de Leon, once known as the last living vampire hunter, is held captive and awaiting execution for assassinating the Forever King, one of the vampire lords who rule what remains of civilization. The Undying Empress's historian, Jean-Francois Chastain, is ordered to record Gabriel's entire life story, and the novel unfolds through this framing device, revealing how he became the world's most formidable vampire slayer as he recalls his training, his losses, and his long war against the vampire bloodline that murdered his family and transformed his wife. His account is complicated by the more recent discovery of Dior Lanchance, a young woman whose blood carries an unusual power against the vampires who now dominate the world.
Where it sits
- Universe: Empire of the Vampire
- Series: Empire of the Vampire core; position 1 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 1 of 3: next Empire of the Damned (2023)
Sources
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