Vampire Empire - La série

Description anglaise: "Vampire Empire: The Greyfriar" is the first book in a trilogy of high adventure and alternate history that combines rousing pulp action, steampunk style, and epic adventure. In the year 1870, a horrible plague of vampires swept over the northern regions of the world. Millions of humans were killed outright. Millions more died of disease and famine due to the havoc that followed. Within two years, once-great cities were shrouded by the grey empire of the vampire clans. Human refugees fled south to the tropics because vampires could not tolerate the constant heat there. They brought technology and a feverish drive to re-establish their shattered societies of steam and iron amid the mosques of Alexandria, the torrid quietude of Panama, and the green temples of Malaya. It is now 2020 and a bloody reckoning is coming. Princess Adele is heir to the Empire of Equatoria, a remnant of the old tropical British Empire. She is quick-witted as well as with sword or gun. She is eager for an adventure before she settles into a life of duty and political marriage to a man she does not know. But her quest turns black when she becomes the target of a merciless vampire clan. Her only protector is the Greyfriar, a mysterious hero who fights the vampires from deep within their territory. Their dangerous relationship plays out against an approaching war to the death between humankind and the vampire clans. Traduction approximative: "Vampire Empire: Le Greyfriar" est le premier livre d'une trilogie de grande aventure et histoire alternative qui combine l'action de pâte entraînante, le style steampunk, et l'aventure épique. Dans l'année 1870, une horrible peste de vampires déferlé sur les régions nordiques du monde. Des millions d'êtres humains ont été tués sur le coup. Des millions d'autres sont morts de maladie et la famine en raison de la dévastation qui a suivi. Dans les deux ans, une fois de grandes villes ont été enveloppé par l'empire gris des clans de vampires. Réfugiés de l'homme fui vers le sud sous les tropiques, car les vampires ne pouvaient pas tolérer la chaleur constante là-bas. Ils ont apporté la technologie et un entraînement fébrile en vue de rétablir leurs sociétés ébranlées de la vapeur et du fer au milieu des mosquées d'Alexandrie, la quiétude torride du Panama, et les temples verts de la Malaisie. Il est maintenant à 2020 et un règlement de comptes sanglant est à venir. Princesse Adèle est l'héritier de l'Empire de l'Equatoria, un vestige de l'ancien Empire britannique tropicale. Elle est vive d'esprit, ainsi que par l'épée ou au pistolet. Elle est avide de l'aventure avant qu'elle ne s'installe dans une vie de devoir et le mariage politique à un homme qu'elle ne connaît pas. Mais sa quête tourne au noir quand elle devient la cible d'un clan de vampire impitoyable. Son seul protecteur est le Greyfriar, un héros mystérieux qui se bat contre les vampires du plus profond de leur territoire. Leur relation dangereuse joue contre une guerre prochaine à la mort entre l'humanité et les clans de vampires.

Product Description: Princess Adele struggles with a life of marriage and obligation as her Equatorian Empire and their American Republic allies stand on the brink of war against the vampire clans of the north. However, the alliance's horrific strategy for total victory drives Adele to abandon her duty and embark on a desperate quest to keep her nation from staining its hands with genocide. Reunited with her great love, the mysterious adventurer known to the world as the Greyfriar, Adele is pursued by her own people as well as her vengeful husband, senator Clark. With the human alliance in disarrray, Prince Cesare, lord of the British vampire clan, seizes the initiative and strikes at the very heart of Equatoria. As Adele labors to bring order to her world, she learns more about the strange powers she exhibited in the north. Her teacher, Mamoru, leads a secret cabal of geomancers who believe Adele is the one who can touch the vast power of the Earth that surges through ley lines and wells up at the rifts where the lines meet. These energies are the key to defeating the enemy of mankind, and if Princess Adele could ever bring this power under her command, she could be death to vampires. But such a victory will also cost the life of Adele's beloved Greyfriar. The Rift Walkeris the second book in a trilogy of high adventure and alternative history. Combining rousing pulp action with steampunk style, the Vampire Empire series brings epic politcal themes to life within a story of heartbreaking romance, sacrifice, and heroism. Publisher: September 20, 2011

The epic Vampire Empire trilogy rushes to a heart-wrenching conclusion of honor and love, hatred and vengeance, sacrifice and loss. A war to the death. Empress Adele has launched a grand crusade against the vampire clans of the north. Prince Gareth, the vampire lord of Scotland, serves the Equatorian cause, fighting in the bloody trenches of France in his guise as the dashing Greyfriar. But the human armies are pinned down, battered by harsh weather and merciless attacks from vampire packs. To even the odds, Adele unleashes the power of her geomancy, a fearsome weapon capable of slaughtering vampires in vast numbers. However, the power she expends threatens her own life even as she questions the morality of such a weapon. As the war turns ever bloodier and Adele is threatened by betrayal, Gareth faces a terrible choice. Their only hope is a desperate strike against the lord of the vampire clans-Gareth's brother, Cesare. It is a gamble that could win the war or signal the final days of the Greyfriar.