Narayan Liu

A murderer, a monster and a world of demons beneath the notice of mortal men, struggling to fight or free humanity. This gripping dark fantasy novella by Narayan Liu, introduces a vampire and a man, both searching for an escape from the darkness threatening to unravel them, doing so however, means facing everything they feared the most.

In 18th century Europe, Darius, a young man who commits a heinous murder and flees on a self-imposed exile, encounters Aeron, a monstrous vampire who snatches him away from the world he once knew and hurls him into a new one full of demonic creatures and merciless warlords. So it is he fights to escape this terrible world as well as the monster he has become. He isn’t the only one. Aeron, though renowned for being the paragon of his race, battles the flicker of doubt that emerges in himself. It has been so long since he was human and for so long he has soaked in death without mercy, shielding himself away from the guilt and regret. Now it is time to face the beast within.

What are monsters truly made of?