The golden city of Medneen, in 11th-century Spain, pulses with beauty and terror. Catalina travels to the mythical Al-Andalus to avenge her father. She is thrown into the violence of this land with nothing but her wits and her bravery, and a chance encounter with an immortal blood drinker named Bashir. As he pursues a group of his own kin who want to summon a demonic lord into the world, Crusaders and Muslims battle for control of Spain. Bashir’s century-long quest for redemption hangs on the razor’s edge between his humanity and his monstrosity. Whether the blood drinker is a hero or a villain, Catalina’s destiny is tangled up with his, and both of them have to act before the city’s bronze domes are stained with red...