Author: Robert K. Schlemmer

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2010-10-18

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13: 1453583971

In the small village of Ecsed, on the Hungarian/Romanian border, an ancient evil has awakened. Young girls begin disappearing in the middle of the night, and those who venture after them never return. The authorities believe it to be the work of a serial killer, but the local priest, Father Dalton, knows it is something far worse. Soon the Pope summons the Knights Templar, an ancient order sworn to protect the Church thought to have been eradicated seven hundred years ago. They send one of their best Knights, Thomas Bronte, to investigate what is happening in Ecsed. Soon Thomas is faced with an evil too terrifying to imagine; the Blood Countess, one of the deadliest vampires in history, has returned to seek revenge on the descendants of the people who sentenced her to death. It is here he also meets the beautiful Elizabeth Campbell, the member of a powerful witch coven determined to stop the killings. Going against both his Church and beliefs, Thomas reluctantly joins forces with Elizabeth and her coven to end the bloodshed. But just as if things couldn’t get any worse, Thomas uncovers that there is a traitor in his ranks working with the Countess, whose ultimate goal is the destruction of the Church. Armed with his faith and the sword of Saint Joan of Arc, Thomas is thrown into a world of magic and demons not only fighting for his life, but his very soul.