Blood Tears

What if you had the choice- live virtually forever, unchangingly young and handsome, but in humiliating isolation. Or accept inevitable death, as you openly face your enemies. That is the dilemma facing Prince Azrar. "Blood Tears" is a gothic fantasy, a fast moving hybrid of dark romance, horror, sci-fi and historical fiction. There are two central characters in "Blood Tears", the first of a series about the Dark Kind. One is Prince Azrar, the last Jendar or warlord of the Dark Kind, a race of beautiful but deadly creatures that have preyed on mankind since before recorded history. The Prince is bound by duty and honour to protect the humans under his care in the remote mountain realm in the Upper Balkans. The rest of the world has forgot his land, only oblivion has saved him till the twentieth century, and now that fragile security is under threat from brash new humans and their ever-advancing technology. Azrar has no choice but to stay and fight, knowing it will inevitably mean his death, but should he embrace the technology of the new world, could that be enough to save his people? The other main character is Khari. A human child abandoned by her family to die in Isolann's wolf-ridden forests. She is found by a local woman and brought to Jendar Azrar for protection and becomes his Ward. For the strange ability that Khari possesses, a gift that terrified her own people, could be the only chance for Azrar's survival. "Blood Tears" is spans three turbulent decades in the long saga of the last surviving Dark Kind - beautiful, amoral un-ageing beings. They are neither human or supernatural in origin, but flesh and bone with passionate emotions and needs. Their origin a mystery, the Dark Kind once dwelt in mighty palaces of marble and stone before humans discovered their first cave. Now, just a few survive, using their sharp wits and relentless ferocity to live. "Blood Tears" and the sequels, "Blood Legacy" and "Blood Alliance" explore not just the intertwined gore-stained history of human and Dark Kind, but also the complex interplay between the two species. For there are some humans who become dangerously emotionally involved with the intriguing, yet always deadly beings. There are others who wish to exploit the Dark Kind for their deadly abilities in the war against human monsters and others who seek to destroy them with a hatred one lifetime is not enough to contain.