Blood and Gold

Marius, einer der ältesten Vampire, verlässt das alte Rom des Imperators Augustus, um im Heute ein Wesen aus Schnee und Eis zu treffen. Thorne, ein Vampir des Nordens, sucht seine Schöpferin Maharet, die alte ägyptische Vampirkönigin, die ihn und andere in Ketten aus ihrem roten Haar gefangen hielt, gebunden mit Stahl, Gold und ihrem Blut.

"RICE WRITES WITH HER USUAL EROTIC AND HISTORICALLY EVOCATIVE FLAIR.”
-People

Once a proud Senator in Imperial Rome, Marius is kidnapped and forced into that dark realm of blood, where he is made a protector of the Queen and King of the vampires-in whom the core of the supernatural race resides. Through his eyes we see the fall of pagan Rome to the Emperor Constantine, the horrific sack of the Eternal City at the hands of the Visigoths, and the vile aftermath of the Black Death. Ultimately restored by the beauty of the Renaissance, Marius becomes a painter, living dangerously yet happily among mortals, and giving his heart to the great master Botticelli, to the bewitching courtesan Bianca, and to the mysterious young apprentice Armand. But it is in the present day, deep in the jungle, when Marius will meet his fate seeking justice from the oldest vampires in the world. . . .