What's Coming for Gon in the next installment of the Oldest Living Vampire Saga?

In the next volume of the Oldest Living Vampire saga, the 30,000 year old immortal encounters a village that is populated by the descendants of the tribe he was born to as a living man. The tribe of fisherman still remember their "god" Thest, and welcome him into their midst, but peace eludes Gon as he must contend with his vampire child Ilio, who has become smitten with a mortal female. Uncomfortable with being worshipped as a demi-god, Gon nevertheless accepts his former role as protector of the river people, and lives for the first time among mortals.


Despite Ilio's rebelliousness, years pass in relative tranquility... until Gon's people are assaulted by the nomadic vampire raiders who destroyed Ilio's tribe. Gon's preternatural powers are tested to their limits as he tries to defend his people from the bloodthirsty raiders. Yet, even amidst the battle, the lonely Gon finds himself drawn to the beautiful and fierce vampire Zenzele, leader of the raiders, and she to him. Zenzele, like Gon, is a true immortal, and though the Oldest Living Vampire is powerful, his enemies are numerous.

Zenzele has a simple solution to their stalemate: if Gon agrees to join her, she and her roving band of vampires will spare Gon's descendants from further depredations. In fact, she swears, they will help him to protect his people. But refuse, and she will wage war against Gon and the family he protects, even to the last man, woman and child.


"Surrender to me, Thest, and you will be lavishly rewarded," Zenzele whispers with a seductive smile, her words more plea than promise.


"Surrender to me, and I, in turn, surrender to you."

Gon's selfish decision will forever alienate him from his vampire child Ilio, but he is helpless to resist the allure of the immortal warrior princess.

As Gon relates the details of their tempestuous love affair to the murderer he holds captive in modern day Belgium, the Oldest Living Vampire continues to shift the pieces of his secret plan to end his own immortal suffering.