From the authors of Morrigans Brood, Crone of War, Madness & Reckoning, and Dark Alliance comes the continuation of the Morrigans Brood Series.

The Strigoi, the Cursed of Venus, have spread through the Holy Roman Empire, and parts beyond, like a plague. In response, Pope Leo III takes advantage of the scourge to settle an old score with the man he placed on the throne: Charlemagne. The pope leads the papal army into the heart of the empire and demands sovereignty over what he believes is a papal matter.

Charlemagne disagrees, and soon papal and imperial forces stand face-to-face across...