Into Vermilion Series by Bartholomew Lander
Into Vermilion #0.50
All Bleeds Through
Bartholomew Lander
"A red ribbon runs from the beginning to the end..." History was shaped by the rise and fall of the hemomancers—individuals born with the power to manipulate blood. Though their power and ambition twice left Europe in ruins, their golden age was ended by St. Isabeau's sword during her medieval crusade. Now, in the 21st century, hemomancers find themselves on the edge of extinction, trapped between their history and science's unerring advance. Encumbered by crimes committed by their ancestors, hemomancers must find their own ways to survive the modern age. Some seek revenge for those slaughtered for the profit of the hemotech corporations. Some wish to return the balance of power to the twelve bloodlines that once ruled all of Europe. Some wish to shrive themselves of their ancestral sins. Some even long to live a peaceful life among the humans in secret, far away from the politics and bloodshed of their brethren....
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Into Vermilion #2
A Scourge Upon Them
Bartholomew Lander
"The Scourge Maiden cometh." The hemomantic war between the Orchid Veil and the Rosarium has come abruptly to an end. Thanks to the sacrifice of Coral Savary, at last the hemomancers of the 21st century have a shot at relative peace. But before calm can descend, their tentative alliance is threatened by the dark matriarch of the Hyacinth bloodline. As endless war seems poised to rock the hemomancer world anew, former Veil loyalists Lena, Clive, and Jase try to pick up the pieces of their lives in the wake of Lord Malthus's death. Ignorant of the drama unfolding between the disparate factions of the hemomancer diaspora, Coral's best friend Tamara embarks on a quest to find out what happened to her. Torn between her loyalty and the socially instilled terror of hemomancers, she must answer what price she'd pay to see her best friend again. Meanwhile, an outbreak of the dreaded scourge virus erupts in Vermont, and a violent faction of...
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Into Vermilion #3
A Beast of Nine Horns
Bartholomew Lander
"Ours is borrowed blood. And in the end, all debts come due." Tamara didn't choose to fall in love with a hemomancer. But now, having turned her back on humanity, she'll follow her to the end of the world. After surviving the chaos at the Sanguine Accord's base in Sherbrooke and reuniting with her best friend Coral, Tamara hoped things would go back to normal. Then again, what would normal even mean for a girl now perfectly comfortable hanging out with bloodfiends? Under the care of the magnanimous Lady Descoteaux of the Hyacinth, the two soon learn of the bewildering secrets lurking beneath the rise and fall of the hemomancers, and of a looming calamity that threatens to bring an end to everything. Meanwhile at the Center for Scourge Control, Director Falk rallies her loyal to hold a crumbling world together. Between the scourge outbreak in Balsam, the civil war brewing in New England, and Lady Descoteaux's...
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