Unholy Empire

Before he became Count Dracula, he was simply Dragomir.

Dragomir has coexisted peacefully with humans for centuries, living freely among them while keeping his nature hidden, feeding exclusively on society’s most undesirable villains. While on the prowl in 12th-century France, Dragomir rescues a group of survivors from Saint-Gilles Abbey, where clergy had been abusing and murdering orphans. Dragomir viciously executes the abusers and burns the abbey to the ground, but his actions incite a religious war with the Church.

Driven by righteous vengeance, Father Peter of Cluny sparks a holy crusade to destroy the vampire and his spawn. Peter fuels the flames of fear and hatred, turning the populace against Dragomir and forcing him into hiding.

But Dragomir is not alone. A budding romance, born from the ashes of Saint-Gilles, gives Dragomir a new zeal for life and even more reason to fight for his future. With the help of friends, his new lover, and some unexpected allies within the Church, Dragomir must outmaneuver the Church before his very existence is erased from the annals of history or worse: he becomes forever known as nothing more than a vicious, bloodthirsty fiend.