Anastasia Drăculea
Bucharest, Romania
“The granddaughter of Vlad the Impaler discovers what runs in her blood.”
The Books
Blood of the Impaler
In 1895 Bucharest, eighteen-year-old Ana Arnautu walks a razor's edge between two worlds. By day, she's the dutiful daughter of a respected academic. By night, she grapples with newly awakened Strigoi powers, a legacy from her mother's noble bloodline that she barely understands. When Ana uncovers a web of supernatural conspiracies in her father's research, she's forced to confront the shadows of her heritage. Strigoi councils vie for power, church hunters prowl the streets, and her own grandfather's disappearance may hold the key to a mystery that spans generations. As enemies close in from all sides, Ana must master her hybrid nature and make an impossible choice: embrace the Strigoi throne that awaits her, or protect the human world she's come to love. But in a city where loyalty shifts like shadows and truth hides behind aristocratic masks, choosing the wrong path could cost her everything, including the ones she holds most dear.
Requiem (Working Title)
Full-length novel continuing Ana's story.