With elements of Gothic horror, alchemy, sex magic, and science, Blood Ending chronicles the rise of master vampire Severin, his trinity of female vampires, and the obsessed love-sick alchemist Praetorious Biederbeck. As one century ends and a new one heads towards devastating war they find that the "old ways" are no longer viable-the lure of sex and blood now competes with the lure of science. Assisted by the doomed vampire bride Justine, Biederbeck...