Title: Empire of the Damned

Series: Empire of the Vampire #2

Author: Jay Kristoff

From holy cup comes holy light;
The faithful hands sets world aright.
And in the Seven Martyrs’ sight,
Mere man shall end this endless night.

Gabriel de León has saved the Holy Grail from death, but his chance to end the endless night is lost. Drawn into an uneasy alliance with the mysterious vampire Liathe, Gabriel must now deliver the Grail to ancients of the Blood Esani, and learn the truth of how Daysdeath might be finally undone.

But the Last Silversaint faces peril, within and without. Pursued by terrors of the Blood Voss, drawn into warfare between the Blood Dyvok and duskdancers of the frozen Highlands, and ravaged by his own rising bloodlust, Gabriel may not survive to see the Grail learn her truth.

And that truth may be too awful for any to imagine.

Back where we left off with Gabe and Dior and now….more of Celene!!!

Like the first book the story that was told was superb, the characters were all on point and it was dark, brutal, heartbreaking but beautiful.

I was so enamoured that I just have a few notes:

~ Again the hate on potatoes!
~ Aching nethers, I chortled alot at this!
~ Sibling squabbles made my day but they were of a more serious note!

For some reason I thought this was a duology so imagine my surprise at that ending!

‘It was the scream of the damned.’