Into Vermilion Series

"A red ribbon runs from the beginning to the end..."   History was shaped by the rise and fall of the hemomancers—individuals born with the power to manipulate blood. Though their power and ambition twice left Europe in ruins, their golden age was ended by St. Isabeau's sword during her medieval crusade. Now, in the 21st century, hemomancers find themselves on the edge of extinction, trapped between their history and science's unerring advance.   Encumbered by crimes committed by their ancestors, hemomancers must find their own ways to survive the modern age. Some seek revenge for those slaughtered for the profit of the hemotech corporations. Some wish to return the balance of power to the twelve bloodlines that once ruled all of Europe. Some wish to shrive themselves of their ancestral sins. Some even long to live a peaceful life among the humans in secret, far away from the politics and bloodshed of their brethren.   In All Bleeds Through, ten tales of hemomancy intertwine, telling the greater story of a century-long war that threatens to spill out of the shadows and envelope the world.

"Leave no blood for the Rose."   In a world shaped by the rise and fall of the hemomancers, one seemingly ordinary girl from North Carolina is the key to ending a century-long war—and she wants nothing to do with it.   Coral never wanted to be a hemomancer. Why would she? In a world built on the wounds the hemomancers carved in history, being discovered as one is a death sentence. But when a group of hemomancers track her down, she finds herself pulled into the orbit of a war that has raged in secret for a hundred years. Now, disowned by her family and possessing blood coveted by the villainous Rosarium, Coral has little choice but to accept the aid of the mysterious Orchid Veil and set foot into the world of the hemomancers, a world rife with danger and intrigue. But once there, she quickly discovers that being a hemomancer is even less glamorous than she'd imagined.   Torn between two worlds and welcome in neither, her hunt for a place to belong will force her to confront the darkness in her own heart. Will Coral be able to survive the war being fought over her own blood? And if she does, will she ever be the same as she was before?   A dark, brooding urban fantasy about blood magic, human frailty, and revenge.

"The Scourge Maiden cometh."   The hemomantic war between the Orchid Veil and the Rosarium has come abruptly to an end. Thanks to the sacrifice of Coral Savary, at last the hemomancers of the 21st century have a shot at relative peace. But before calm can descend, their tentative alliance is threatened by the dark matriarch of the Hyacinth bloodline. As endless war seems poised to rock the hemomancer world anew, former Veil loyalists Lena, Clive, and Jase try to pick up the pieces of their lives in the wake of Lord Malthus's death.   Ignorant of the drama unfolding between the disparate factions of the hemomancer diaspora, Coral's best friend Tamara embarks on a quest to find out what happened to her. Torn between her loyalty and the socially instilled terror of hemomancers, she must answer what price she'd pay to see her best friend again. Meanwhile, an outbreak of the dreaded scourge virus erupts in Vermont, and a violent faction of anti-social deviants steps out of its mists to preach of apocalyptic revolution.   With chaos tearing through the country, and the source of the scourge walking the shadows, those connected by Coral's memory must scrabble for purchase in a world teetering on the edge of extinction. Will Lena avenge Gavin's murder? Will Tamara find Coral, even if it means betraying her own race? Will Lady Leblanc succeed in unifying the hemomancer factions? Or will the enigmatic Scourge Maiden's plan for the outbreak come to fruition?   Book II of the Into Vermilion trilogy.

"Ours is borrowed blood. And in the end, all debts come due."   Tamara didn't choose to fall in love with a hemomancer. But now, having turned her back on humanity, she'll follow her to the end of the world.   After surviving the chaos at the Sanguine Accord's base in Sherbrooke and reuniting with her best friend Coral, Tamara hoped things would go back to normal. Then again, what would normal even mean for a girl now perfectly comfortable hanging out with bloodfiends? Under the care of the magnanimous Lady Descoteaux of the Hyacinth, the two soon learn of the bewildering secrets lurking beneath the rise and fall of the hemomancers, and of a looming calamity that threatens to bring an end to everything.   Meanwhile at the Center for Scourge Control, Director Falk rallies her loyal to hold a crumbling world together. Between the scourge outbreak in Balsam, the civil war brewing in New England, and Lady Descoteaux's machinations for the fabled hemoclasm, she's got her work cut out for her. With the help of the Lockwood family, her psychomancer Nissa, and a legendary assassin brought out of retirement, she challenges Lady Descoteaux to a deadly chess game for the fate of the world.   And standing in the center of this game that she wants no part of, damn her luck, stands Coral, a girl who only ever wanted to be loved and accepted. With the fate of the two races who spurned her resting cold and metallic in her hands, will Coral accept her role as a Vessel to Kakrinolas and bring an end to the story of the hemomancers? Or, given the power to choose for the first time, will she instead walk away from the battle and carve a path of her own?   Book III of the Into Vermilion trilogy.