Bashir Wague was an ordinary young African Muslim man living in the City
of Timbuktu, Mali, in 1666 when he met the lovely Yasmin Sissoko, a
woman who simply took his breath away. Yasmin turned out to be a
Vampire, and she transformed Bashir into one of the Undead. Over the
next few centuries, Bashir explores the Vampire Underworld, and after
being inducted into the Order of The Chamber, he begins his meteoric
rise to power. A chance encounter with Hanno, a legendary Elder Vampire
who once served Ancient Carthage and fought the Romans, utterly
transforms Bashir's existence. In the twenty-first century, with the
Great Houses divided by politics, the Vampire community is endangered by
infighting. Now one of the Leaders of the Undead, Bashir seeks to do the
impossible. He wants to unite the warring Vampire factions and create a
lasting Vampire Civilization. Powerful forces in both the Human and
Vampire worlds will oppose Bashir's quest. There's Amal Osman, a deadly
and seductive Vampire Princess of Somali lore, whose ambitions know no
bounds. There are also the fanatical Purificators, sworn enemies of the
Vampire race. Bashir means well, but must battle ferocious enemies, and
his own dark urges. Can a ravenous, power-mad Immortal be a force for
good
