"Augusta Grey just gave us the gift readers have been begging someone to create - the closest modern-day book I’ve found that recreates the feeling of watching Bram Stoker’s Dracula for the first time and falling madly in love with a genre that wraps you in candlelight and velvet shadows, where love is as eternal as it is doomed."
Bound in Crimson Cord - Book One of the Terra Noxa Cycle
The opening of a lush, politically charged vampire empire.
Born with the power to heal, Brynen is a commoner hiding a deadly secret from the Crown. When the Witch Finder catches her practicing unlawful healing, she’s sent to the Tower to be burned.
Before Brynen faces the pyre, an ancient enemy attacks from the continent. When the stones of Hampton Court run red with mortal blood and the vampires seize London, Brynen finds herself trapped between two worlds.
The High Commander of the vampire invaders, Yasha Darkov, singles her out and enlists her to aid the vampires in their occupation. Conscripted by the vampires to take a blood tithe from the populace, Brynen begins to unravel the dark secret at the heart of Terra Noxa. Danger mounts as the deposed nobles begin to plot while the vampires’ true intentions remain shrouded.
The closer she gets to Yasha, the more she wants him and the sinful promise of Terra Noxa’s freedom. Can she trust the man who covets her body and blood, or the former nobles attempting to claw their way back to power?
Content Warnings
- Violence and blood
- Oppressive systems / empire themes
- Emotional intensity
