The chilling sequel to Blood of the Damned, winner of the 2026 IPPY Award, the International Book Award, and the BookFest Award for Horror.
A vampire is hunting Darius and his sister.
But before he can destroy it, he must first learn its name.
To know a demon's name is to hold power over it.
Name the beast and bind the beast.
Name it not, and be its feast.
So claim the ancient demonologies, buried for centuries in forgotten chronicles.
For Darius, those words may be the difference between triumph and ruin.
For his sister, Elise, the difference between salvation and damnation.
As Vlad Dracula prepares to face the Ottoman armies massing before Constantinople, rumours of blood-drinking monsters spread across medieval Europe. Darius struggles to protect those he loves while making sense of the horrors gathering around him. Yet the death toll is rising, and age-old superstitions are proving terrifyingly real.
As innocent blood is spilled, Darius must rush to uncover forgotten lore and learn the true name of the thing that stalks the darkness beyond the firelight. Every delay may cost Elise her life. Every mistake places his companions in mortal danger.
Meanwhile, haunted by the unsolved death of his father and the sins of war, George searches for answers amidst the chaos of a crumbling empire. Yet the closer he comes to the truth, the more he fears redemption lies beyond his reach, and the more it seems that both his fate and Darius's are leading toward damnation.
But the truth is more terrible than either man imagines.
For some names were never meant to be spoken. Some doors were never meant to be opened. And some evils hunger not merely for human lives, but for immortal souls.
A sweeping, historical, vampire thriller steeped in Gothic horror, dark fantasy, medieval folklore, and ancient superstition, The Name of Vampire brings the first arc of Antony J. Stanton's award-winning Blood of the Dragon series to a dramatic climax.
A gripping tale of vengeance, faith, sacrifice, and the darkness that waits beyond the firelight.
