by Antony J. Stanton
Series: Blood of the Dragon #2
Community rating: 4.5/5 from 1 rating.
The keenly anticipated, chilling finale 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 secrets.
He must first learn its name. Speak its name and break its power.
Fail, and death shall claim the hour! Thus warns ancient knowledge, long-buried in forgotten chronicles.
For Darius, those sinister words may be the difference between victory and failure.
For his sister, Elise, the difference between salvation and damnation.
As Vlad Dracula prepares to repel Ottoman armies besieging Constantinople, and eerie 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 deaths are mounting, and age-old superstitions are proving terrifyingly real.
With innocent blood being 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 brings the death toll closer to his sister. Every mistake places his companions in mortal danger.
Meanwhile, haunted by the increasingly mysterious 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 may lie forever beyond his reach. And the more his path seems to lead him back to Darius. And to 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.
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 sweeping, historical vampire thriller, a classic horror story steeped in Gothic themes, dark fantasy, medieval folklore, and ancient superstition, and there's more to come in book #3.
A chilling tale of vengeance, faith, sacrifice, and the darkness that waits beyond the firelight.
Dare you speak its name?
ISBN: 9781066626731
406 pages
Published: 2026-07-25