The Story
Becoming Master of the territory was never meant to be survived.
Every vampire who has held the title before Victor is gone. Dead, missing, or driven mad by a curse no one has ever broken. By the time the truth comes to light, it is already his.
At first, the changes are small. Easy to dismiss. But they build, pressing at the edges of his control. Instinct turns sharper. Less predictable. Not always his.
Echo refuses to stand back and watch it take him.
Gray refuses to let him face it alone.
Together, they are building something steady in the middle of it. Something chosen. Something honest. Even as the pressure around them grows.
But the curse does not stop at its host.
It reaches for those closest to him, testing the limits of what they can endure. As buried histories surface and hunters close in, every attempt to break it raises the cost.
Because the fall of a Master has never been a solitary thing.
And this time, he will not be the only one it takes.
Author: Rory McCauley-Hayman
Publisher: Rory McCauley-Hayman
Published: 05/08/2026
Pages: 696
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.11lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.53d
ISBN: 9781970531046
About the Author
McCauley-Hayman, Rory: - Rory McCauley-Hayman is an author from Idaho with a degree in literature and experience in technical writing and creative non-fiction. Rory once hoped to become a research librarian and still takes great joy in exploring information for the sake of discovery.After years spent as a reader rather than a writer, the stories that once appeared and vanished finally stayed long enough to be written in 2019. Rory published the first book in 2020 and continues to build new fantasy worlds inspired by a love of learning and storytelling.Heart, Holly: - Professional comic & cover artist, responsible for responding to request emails. Holly's art can be found on Instagram, Webtoons, and TikTok
Description
Becoming Master of the territory was never meant to be survived.
Every vampire who has held the title before Victor is gone. Dead, missing, or driven mad by a curse no one has ever broken. By the time the truth comes to light, it is already his.
At first, the changes are small. Easy to dismiss. But they build, pressing at the edges of his control. Instinct turns sharper. Less predictable. Not always his.
Echo refuses to stand back and watch it take him.
Gray refuses to let him face it alone.
Together, they are building something steady in the middle of it. Something chosen. Something honest. Even as the pressure around them grows.
But the curse does not stop at its host.
It reaches for those closest to him, testing the limits of what they can endure. As buried histories surface and hunters close in, every attempt to break it raises the cost.
Because the fall of a Master has never been a solitary thing.
And this time, he will not be the only one it takes.
Author: Rory McCauley-Hayman
Publisher: Rory McCauley-Hayman
Published: 05/08/2026
Pages: 696
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.11lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.53d
ISBN: 9781970531046
About the Author
McCauley-Hayman, Rory: - Rory McCauley-Hayman is an author from Idaho with a degree in literature and experience in technical writing and creative non-fiction. Rory once hoped to become a research librarian and still takes great joy in exploring information for the sake of discovery.After years spent as a reader rather than a writer, the stories that once appeared and vanished finally stayed long enough to be written in 2019. Rory published the first book in 2020 and continues to build new fantasy worlds inspired by a love of learning and storytelling.Heart, Holly: - Professional comic & cover artist, responsible for responding to request emails. Holly's art can be found on Instagram, Webtoons, and TikTok
