Children of the Night

Children of the Night, Book 1

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Pub Date 11 May 2022 | Archive Date 11 Jun 2022
Sinsonte Press | Quirky Crow Books

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Description

Everyone knows that monsters are real.

Sixteen-year-old Ayanda Draculesti is one of them. She's an Unnatural, an alchemical experiment escaped from a laboratory, part of a community with strange abilities that only emerges at night. Ayanda is one of the lucky ones—she can pass as an ordinary human. An unlucky Unnatural is likely to die at the hands of a furious mob.

But even among Unnaturals, Ayanda is unusual. She was built to battle the Dead.

The world has grown complacent when it comes to the Dead. It's the middle of the nineteenth century, a modern era of automata and aetherships, five hundred years since blood-drinking corpses last ravaged the Continent. But the Dead haven't finished with the world. One of them has returned, a vicious killer that slithers through Venice by night, trapping its people in a state of terror. This creature isn't a savage beast like the others. It's calculating. Clever. It has a plan.

Ayanda knows she's the only one who can stop it, but she can't do it alone. There are more Unnaturals who want this vampire permanently dead: Yurei, a boy more phantom than human, Jette, an alchemist with a ferocious alternate personality, and Belle, a girl whose past terrifies even other Unnaturals. If they can overcome their own demons well enough to work together, they might have a chance.

Might.

Everyone knows that monsters are real.

Sixteen-year-old Ayanda Draculesti is one of them. She's an Unnatural, an alchemical experiment escaped from a laboratory, part of a community with strange...


Advance Praise

"Deftly weaving together gothic horror and steampunk vibes, Safra delivers horrifying monsters and compelling main characters, plus a fantasy Venice that will haunt you long after the last page."-E.M. Wright, author of SEDITION

"A page-turning read that leaves readers dazed and breathless...a thoroughly engrossing tale marked with intrigue, mystery, magic and murder."-The Prairies Book Review

"A harrowing but immersively entertaining work...captures the gothic atmosphere remarkably well, adding to the mythology for some of literature's most iconic creatures, while weaving a gripping story of friendship, duty, and determination. This memorable novel is enveloping--dark and ominous, while still reading at a fast clip."-SPR

"A dreadfully delightful homage to Gothic classics that offers something entirely of its own."-Independent Book Review

"Now that was an emotional ride! This book packs a punch and never lets you down."-Books Are Life

"Deftly weaving together gothic horror and steampunk vibes, Safra delivers horrifying monsters and compelling main characters, plus a fantasy Venice that will haunt you long after the last page."-...


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