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Where am I? Solve this riddle to win a SIGNED Men and Monsters paperback
Throne of Blood, Book 3 in the Nightfall series, is approaching completion, and I can already tell you a secret...
Chapter One, "Legend" will be the first chapter in the series from Vlad's point of view. While we have seen his story in Men and Monsters, we hear it through Myra and through what he chooses to tell her. Now, for the first time, we will properly get inside his head.
I have two questions for you, and if you answer correctly, you'll enter a lottery to win a Men and Monsters signed paperback!
1. Where is Vlad in the opening chapter of Throne of Blood?
2. What is he doing there?
How on earth should you know that, you ask. Simple! You just need to guess where I am:
Check my website for details how to enter and more clues!
Chapter One, "Legend" will be the first chapter in the series from Vlad's point of view. While we have seen his story in Men and Monsters, we hear it through Myra and through what he chooses to tell her. Now, for the first time, we will properly get inside his head.
I have two questions for you, and if you answer correctly, you'll enter a lottery to win a Men and Monsters signed paperback!
1. Where is Vlad in the opening chapter of Throne of Blood?
2. What is he doing there?
How on earth should you know that, you ask. Simple! You just need to guess where I am:
Check my website for details how to enter and more clues!
Daybreak
Today is March 1st, and, if you've read Men and Monsters, you might remember that this is a big date in the Nightfall universe. It is the night of a certain big battle that changes the state of the world and will soon become known as the Daybreak.
Men and Monsters gives a few hints why Vlad choose this specific date for the battle, and Throne of Blood reveals a few more details. I thought it's a fitting day to share how the book is going!
The first draft is complete! I am now doing revisions, and then the book needs to go through a few beta readers and editors, but I hope to be able to share it with you very soon!
Throne of Blood is a different book from the previous two. While human characters make guest apparenaces, we see the story mostly entirely from the vampires' point of view. The world grows bigger, and we travel much move in both space and time!
Looking forward to sharing it with you. In the meantime, Happy Baba Marta to everyone celbrating! ♥ ♥ ♥
Men and Monsters gives a few hints why Vlad choose this specific date for the battle, and Throne of Blood reveals a few more details. I thought it's a fitting day to share how the book is going!
The first draft is complete! I am now doing revisions, and then the book needs to go through a few beta readers and editors, but I hope to be able to share it with you very soon!
Throne of Blood is a different book from the previous two. While human characters make guest apparenaces, we see the story mostly entirely from the vampires' point of view. The world grows bigger, and we travel much move in both space and time!
Looking forward to sharing it with you. In the meantime, Happy Baba Marta to everyone celbrating! ♥ ♥ ♥
Throne of Blood: Let's travel together!
We can't travel in the real world right now, but we can still travel in books! Each Nightfall book expands the setting, in both space and time, and in Throne of Blood we see periods and places we haven't visited before.
The earliest scene in Throne of Blood is set in 222 BC. The latest is in the present day: our familiar 26th century post-apocalyptic world.
But where do we go? Of course, today's countries no longer exist under their current shape and form in the Nightfall universe. Still, people, cultures and languages are to some extend the same in the same regions, and we'll see more on how exactly that works in the coming book.
This map shows which of the current world countries have Throne of Blood scenes set in their territories:
Wow, so many colors, what do they all mean? In a nutshell, blue means present day (26th century) and green means flashbacks. As most chapters are from the point of view of centuries-old (often millennia-old) vampires who have seen lots of periods in history, the book is very flashback-heavy, though not nearly as much as Men and Monsters.
Some flashback are very brief, a quick paragraph or a few sentences in the middle of something else. They are colored in light green. Others are full scenes, sometimes an entire chapter: these are dark green.
We also see some dark blue here. This indicates territories where we have both present day action and flashbacks.
Can't wait to be able to share the book with you, so we can all travel together ♥
Larger resolution map here.
The earliest scene in Throne of Blood is set in 222 BC. The latest is in the present day: our familiar 26th century post-apocalyptic world.
But where do we go? Of course, today's countries no longer exist under their current shape and form in the Nightfall universe. Still, people, cultures and languages are to some extend the same in the same regions, and we'll see more on how exactly that works in the coming book.
This map shows which of the current world countries have Throne of Blood scenes set in their territories:
Wow, so many colors, what do they all mean? In a nutshell, blue means present day (26th century) and green means flashbacks. As most chapters are from the point of view of centuries-old (often millennia-old) vampires who have seen lots of periods in history, the book is very flashback-heavy, though not nearly as much as Men and Monsters.
Some flashback are very brief, a quick paragraph or a few sentences in the middle of something else. They are colored in light green. Others are full scenes, sometimes an entire chapter: these are dark green.
We also see some dark blue here. This indicates territories where we have both present day action and flashbacks.
Can't wait to be able to share the book with you, so we can all travel together ♥
Larger resolution map here.
Throne of Blood Character Reveal: Mizuki
I'm pleased to introduce you to Mizuki, a new character we get to meet in
Throne of Blood
!
We briefly hear her name in Men and Monsters . Ila and Vladimir are discussing potential vampire allies, and Ila suggests Mizuki and Takahiro. Vlad immediately rejects the idea, saying that they hate him too much.
So, what changes in this book? Is he desperate enough to work with her? Or does he have no choice? Is she here as an enemy or an ally, or both?
My beta reader is currently working hard on the manuscript, so I hope I'll be able to share the final version (and the answer to those questions) with you very soon!
In the meantime, I'll be sharing more info on the upcoming book and introducing you to new characters.
As always, beautiful cover art provided by TheSwanMaindeN on DeviantArt!
Character Reveal Schedule:
July 20th: Mizuki
July 23rd: Rada
July: 26th: Almaz
July 29th: Carmina
August 1st: Alfa
August 4th: Throne of Blood cover reveal!
Happy reading! 💖
We briefly hear her name in Men and Monsters . Ila and Vladimir are discussing potential vampire allies, and Ila suggests Mizuki and Takahiro. Vlad immediately rejects the idea, saying that they hate him too much.
So, what changes in this book? Is he desperate enough to work with her? Or does he have no choice? Is she here as an enemy or an ally, or both?
My beta reader is currently working hard on the manuscript, so I hope I'll be able to share the final version (and the answer to those questions) with you very soon!
In the meantime, I'll be sharing more info on the upcoming book and introducing you to new characters.
As always, beautiful cover art provided by TheSwanMaindeN on DeviantArt!
Character Reveal Schedule:
July 23rd: Rada
July: 26th: Almaz
July 29th: Carmina
August 1st: Alfa
August 4th: Throne of Blood cover reveal!
Happy reading! 💖
Throne of Blood Character Reveal: Rada
It's time for another
Throne of Blood
character reveal. Meet Rada!
She is in the book for only a short while, but her character makes an impression. She is related to a certain mythological being. If you've read Men and Monsters carefully, you should be able to guess which one 😊
Character Reveal Schedule:
July 20th: Mizuki
July 23rd: Rada
July: 26th: Almaz
July 29th: Carmina
August 1st: Alfa
August 4th: Throne of Blood cover reveal!
Happy reading! 💖
She is in the book for only a short while, but her character makes an impression. She is related to a certain mythological being. If you've read Men and Monsters carefully, you should be able to guess which one 😊
Character Reveal Schedule:
July: 26th: Almaz
July 29th: Carmina
August 1st: Alfa
August 4th: Throne of Blood cover reveal!
Happy reading! 💖
Throne of Blood Character Reveal: Almaz
And now it's time to introduce a new
Throne of Blood
character. Meet Almaz:
She is the first albino character in the Nightfall series. She also happens to be the first amputee character we meet. Combining these two facts about her, you can already take a guess about her complicated backstory.
Character Reveal Schedule:
July 20th: Mizuki
July 23rd: Rada
July: 26th: Almaz
July 29th: Carmina
August 1st: Alfa
August 4th: Throne of Blood cover reveal!
Happy reading! 💖
She is the first albino character in the Nightfall series. She also happens to be the first amputee character we meet. Combining these two facts about her, you can already take a guess about her complicated backstory.
Character Reveal Schedule:
July 29th: Carmina
August 1st: Alfa
August 4th: Throne of Blood cover reveal!
Happy reading! 💖
Throne of Blood Character Reveal: Carmina
I'm so happy to finally introduce you to one of my favorite characters in the upcoming
Throne of Blood
, and in the
Nightfall
series in general. Meet Carmina!
More details and a full resolution image on my website
Happy reading! 💖
More details and a full resolution image on my website
Happy reading! 💖
Throne of Blood Character Reveal: Alfa
It's time for the last
Throne of Blood
character I wanted to show you before the cover reveal on Tuesday. Meet Alfa!
More details and a full-resolution picture on my website
Happy reading! 💖
More details and a full-resolution picture on my website
Happy reading! 💖
