Masks

Description

Fifteenth century Venice is a secure haven for the masterless dregs of the vampire world, a city where they may be able to live without the fear of retribution for violating any other’s territory. Still, there are many ways for a young vampire to die within the glittering city, a lesson that prince turned pauper Mircea Basarab will have to learn quickly. But there are opportunities, too–within the service of a secretive courtesan, within the bed of a pretty senator, and searching for an ancient assassin.

As a vendetta older than Venice itself comes to a climax, Mircea struggles to evade the dangers of his current life, to come to terms along with his past, and to uncover the truth hidden at the back of a city of masks…