THE CASTLE OF AELTHER

For a thousand years, the kingdom of Valewyn has existed in silence. It's king hidden from the world, rules from the sealed and storm -wreathed castle AELTHER, perched high above the mist covered lands. None have seen his face, none know his name, yet his will governs not only Valewyn, but sixty kingdoms and twenty villages bound by ancient law and whispered fear. In one of these quiet villages, Elira mornvale lives under the cruel hand of her aunt, working day and night as a seamstress with little to call her own. An orphan with no legacy but needle and thread, Elira dreams only of escape when her bethrotal to a seemingly kind suitor offers her a glimmer of hope, she clings to it-until she discovers his affair with her cousin. At the town's mid summer festival, as laughter and light fill the street, Elira encounters a mysterious man whose eyes shimmer with unnatural blue. She doesn't know his name. She doesn't know what he is. That night, her fiance is found dead-his body ravaged by something no one understands. And though Elira touched no weapon, the villagers grow suspicious Because no one has ever seen a vampire before. Not in living memory. Abd yet, the stranger's eyes still haunt her . Eyes just like those spoken of in the old stories. Eye that match the cursed immortal line said to dwell in CASTLE AELTHER Now, with danger closing in and secrets rising from the shadows, Elira uncover the truth behind the ancient curse-and the king who may no longer be sleeping. THE CASTLE OF AELTHER