Subspecies 5: Blood Rises

He was stolen by the Crusaders on the night of his birth and knows nothing about his bloodline: his mother is a demon; his father is a vampire. Trained and utilized by the mysterious Brotherhood of Monks, he killed all enemies of the church. One night, fate brings him back to his father's castle, with the monster-killing Sword of Laertes, destroying the vampire Vladislas, and regaining a sacred artifact: the Bloodstone. The events of that night transformed Radu from a nobleman into a masterless vampire, setting him on a centuries-long journey in search of food and companionship, the treacherous man who stole him from the sun, and the bloodstone he hoped would bring him peace. This highly anticipated prequel to the Subspecies series spans the 500-year life of the vampire Radu Vladislas, chronicling his rise from a noble warrior of the Church to a fallen creature of the night.