by Douglas Clegg
291 pp, $23.95
The Lady of Serpents is the second volume of the Vampyricon.
Aleric was once known as the Falconer because of his rapport with the birds. A forbidden love with the baron’s daughter lost him his life, only to be reborn as a vampyre.
Hailed as the messiah of the vampyres, he is captured and forced to fight in the Arena by the sorceress Enora. To end her reign of terror, he must escape, find the alchemist behind her power, though this may mean the unleashing of the Lady Of Serpents, who is not only an enemy, but the one who made him a Vampyre. She alone holds the key to the future of human and vampyre alike.
Richly layered foray into a past full of sorcery and mystery, and a pageturner to boot. What more can you ask...... - Pam Allan