There’s the mystery surrounding the Greyfriar. The king’s two sons particularly share a good deal of animosity. For me, one of the best things about the book is the vampire politics and in-fighting between families and other clans. Now, from here the story takes a bit of a capture, escape, capture, escape scenario so I won’t elaborate too much upon that. A man so mysterious that nobody truly knows who he is – or for that matter if he really exists – until now. During the vampire attack Princess Adele becomes separated from the rest of the people and assisted by the man known as Greyfriar – who is something of a legend by all accounts. A diplomatic trip but one that goes horribly wrong when the vampires attack the dirigible they’re travelling on. This is a fore runner to her impending arranged marriage to a US Senator and Vampire killer/hero. They rely on humans to build things and to also keep them alive! I guess that many of the innovational leaps and bounds that humans would naturally have made under different circumstances have been put on hold while they try to stay alive and come up with plans to take back control of the world.Īt the start of the story, Princess Adele, heir to the throne of Equatoria is embarking on a journey to see her subjects.
I think this is based primarily on the fact that the vampires mainly destroy, they take over cities but they create nothing. Whilst the war took place around 1870 the book is set in a slightly futuristic time – and yet it feels like a much earlier date historically speaking. Many people die and the vampires take over control of great swathes of the world – particularly those that enjoy a less tropical style climate. Vampire Empire is set in a world where vampires, no longer content to survive in the background join together in a massive all out war against humans. As it is I just really enjoyed this, perhaps I was simply in the right frame of mind but rather than following the ‘cheesy and perhaps cliche’ fork in the road I opted for the ‘really enjoyable and compelling’ route.
That probably sounds cheesy and if I’d read this a few years ago there would have been some rolling of eyes. Whilst all the other vampires are nasty and loathsome this one poor vampire is the odd one out, he ‘feels’ for humans, he finds them fascinating, in fact frankly, he prefers humans to vampires and sees a world in which they can co-exist. So, Greyfriar is one of those books with a bit of a vampire romance in it. Fortunately I’m over that little wobble now and having read and enjoyed the first book I have more to look forward to and no tedious wait inbetween – win! The Vampire Empire series has been around for a while and was one of those books that I fancied reading but then hit that ‘had enough of reading vampire novels’ type of feeling.
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