The Priest of Blood

In a dark medieval age, Aleric the falconer meets his destiny in the bloody embrace of the seductive Pythia, sending him on a quest to unearth the mysteries of the ancient vampyre race.

Set in a dangerous world of ancient forests and buried kingdoms, of dark magic, and vengeance beyond lifetimes, The Priest of Blood is an epic dark fantasy of sword, sorcery -- and vampires.

Be sure to get the rest of the Vampyricon trilogy:

The Lady of Serpents, Book Two

The Queen of Wolves, Book Three

"Astonishing. Douglas Clegg writes of...nightmares with such clarity and passion you don't end up reading his books; you end up drinking them in. The Priest of Blood is a bloody gem."

-- Christopher Rice, New York Times bestselling author of The Vines and Heaven's Rise.

"A dark tale of swords, sorcery, and vampires."

-- Christine Feehan, New York Times bestselling author.

"Douglas Clegg has accomplished a rarity in the horror vein...This book will sink its teeth into you"

-- The Kansas City Star

"Richly layered, beautifully rendered foray into a past filled with sorcery and mystery -- and a rousing good story."

-- Kelley Armstrong, New York Times bestselling author

"Stunning...gives the iconic vampire a massive makeover."

-- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Discover All of Douglas Clegg's fiction:

Lights Out

Neverland

The Children's Hour

The Halloween Man

You Come When I Call You

The Hour Before Dark

Nightmare House

Bad Karma

Goat Dance

Breeder

Afterlife

Purity

Dark of the Eye

The Words

Wild Things

Red Angel

Night Cage

Mischief

The Infinite

The Abandoned

The Necromancer

Isis

Naomi

The Nightmare Chronicles

The Attraction

Night Asylum

The Priest of Blood

The Lady of Serpents

The Queen of Wolves

Mordred, Bastard Son

My Father's Mistress

Mr. Darkness

The Marriage of Figaro

The World on Butterfly

The Moonlit Dark

Coming of Age