Beneath the surface of the mortal world lies a domain of eternal night—an empire of vampires built on terror, brutality, and fear. Here, the Great Houses of the Underworld wield science as sorcery, keep humanity in chains, and turn death itself into pure spectacle.
From this labyrinth of shadows awakens Kane, a man with no memory and no past—only pain, a broken body, and a new life as a despised vampire Convert.
But he is not alone…
Watching from the darkness is Six, one of the empire's dreaded terror soldiers. Her interests in him are unknown, her motives even less so. Yet even in a world of monsters, the dread she inspires is palpable.
Hated on sight for what he is, Kane is thrown into the Blood Games—a brutal arena where Bloodletters fight to the death for the entertainment of all. With each fight, he claws back pieces of the life stolen from him.
But something else lurks in his past: nightmares of a red-eyed machine and distant, inhuman screams. Dragged ever deeper into the depths of this dark world, Kane begins to learn that some secrets are best left forgotten.
For down in the depths where the Vault doors keep…
Things lie waiting…
Things don't sleep…
No good. No evil. Just various shades of gray.
A gothic vampire epic where dark fantasy meets science fiction—descend into an empire where death is only the beginning…
From Hell Forged Books and Christopher Kilgore comes Empire of Blood, book 1 of a dark sci-fi vampire trilogy for adult readers—a grimdark gothic epic of morally gray antiheroes, brutal arena combat, rival vampire Houses locked in political intrigue, cybernetic horror, dark humor, and a civilization of monsters built beneath the world.
There is seduction and manipulation, but this is not a vampire romance. In the Underworld, vampires harvest humanity as food, not lovers.
Mature content: graphic violence, body horror, and dark themes.
