Showing results for "Versailles" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

The vampire King Louis XIV reigns supreme over a terrorized France, determined to protect his empire at any cost. When a mysterious renegade vampire named the Lady of Miracles ascends to power in an underworld Parisian court and claims the city for herself, Louis feels threatened for the first time in centuries. His secret weapon to fight back? Mademoiselle Diane de Gastefriche, a young baronette who earned the king’s trust through her own cunning and wit. He sends Diane to squash the new threat to his power.

Fesselnd, düster, gewaltig: Der Auftakt der großen Vampir-Saga Vampyria aus Frankreich. Vor drei Jahrhunderten hat Ludwig der Unwandelbare als Vampir eine Aristokratie des Schreckens in Europa errichtet. Während die Adeligen nichts mehr begehren, als durch die Gunst des einstigen Sonnenkönigs ebenfalls unsterblich zu werden, müssen die einfachen Menschen jeden Monat ihr eigenes Blut als Steuer abgeben. Die junge Sterbliche Jeanne verschlägt es unerwartet nach Versailles an den Hof der Finsternis.

Louis XIV transformed from the Sun King into the King of Shadows when he embraced immortality and became the world’s first vampire. For the last three centuries, he has been ruling the kingdom from the decadent Court of Shadows in Versailles, demanding the blood of his subjects to sate his nobles’ thirst and maintain their loyalty.