Bøker av H S Darke

There was a time when the universe was young and Cosmic Laws written. Our progenitors were born into a broken world. Why was it broken? The answer is simple: Cosmic Laws were broken. Cheating death is the ultimate taboo, and karma is a dish best served long after the fact. But when dealing with immortal beings, they have more than enough time to live in the ugly world they've created; karma becomes the very air they breathe. Love. Lust. Hate. Jealousy. Travel throughout the world 70,000 years ago. Learn the origins of the major players: Ascended Humans, Vampires, Rogues, Shamans, the Great Pyramids, and much more. Learn the ancient names, the precursors to their modern iterations. Follow Arson, Ramanlese, Illgress, Goser, Tomakis, Hemily, and Jezzeria from Eden to hell. Follow Zento, Ekka, Edril, Bestick, Ry-ala, Ephisiostecles, Roch, Mephiantone, Rubidicus, Karianus, Styre, Vane, and Marschelle through their many stories. Their world was a world of sadness, crisis, loss, but some happiness. Right or wrong, their stories are told. There were no true winners nor losers, and aspects of each will endure till the end of time. The gray just got a whole lot grayer.

In Dark Courtesan, book one of the Lunar Vampire Chronicles, Fallen vampire James was the antagonist. As an enemy of the Order, a collective of vampires living in service to the lunar goddess Lue'lla, he was the subject of justifiable derision and loathing. The Fall of James rewinds the centuries to the time of America's founding, revealing the circumstances and dimensions of one of the most complex figures in the Lunar Vampire universe, and peeling back the layers on the Order of vampires to expose a world that is seldom merely black and white. Within his time in the Order, James would find himself unwittingly assaulted by fate-but fate alone could not describe his fall from grace.Follow the Order vampires in their travels around the globe. Witness their knowledge and motivations, secrets and missions, and discover their place in the historical fabric of the world, as the dark and hidden counterparts to Russian soldiers, American politicians, and English royalty. Afterward, trace their stories even further back in time, to the very origin of the Order itself, in book three, Ancient Wars.

The Order of the Faithful operates on this planet in service to their Goddess. As vampires, their mission is specific?they must drink the reddest wine. But they have been dealt a series of blows. An old enemy has come back to haunt them. A replacement must be found for what they have lost?what has been taken from them. Can Gobi find her before the Order's allies become its enemies? Before certain select humans begin to renege on hitherto agreed contracts and agreements? Can Sam become something more than a junkie? Will Roch let his dear friend Gobi die trying to figure this all out? Can Darella ever forgive Roch for events of long ago? Travel with Gobi through the city of Baltimore as he finds what he's looking for, unknowingly. Dive into the stripper scene, and get closer to the heroin scene than seems comfortable. Follow the Order to Malta. Learn what they are all about. Learn about why they are the true vampires and not mere forgeries. Discover those vampires which choose to live among the human populace and those that shun it. You will never look at another human again without wondering just what they are.