The Lady of Serpents (The Vampyricon, #2)

Hailed as the prophesied messiah of the vampyre, Aleric seemed destined for glory-until, like many of his brethren, he was captured by the sorceress Enora. Imprisoned, he is now forced to fight in the arena for her amusement. To end Enora's reign of terror, Aleric must escape and find the alchemist behind her power, though that may mean unleashing Pythia, the Lady of Serpents-Aleric's old enemy, the seductress who ended his mortal life. For she alone may hold the key to the survival not only of the vampyres, but also all of humankind. Hailed as the messiah of the vampyre, Aleric is captured by the sorceress Enora, imprisoned, and forced to battle in the arena for her amusement, and to stop her reign of terror, Aleric must somehow escape, locate the alchemist behind her power, and unleash his old nemesis, Pythia, the Lady of Serpents, who may hold the key to the survival of the vampyres and humankind alike. To end the sorceress Enora's reign of terror, Aleric-prophesied messiah of the vampyre-must find the alchemist behind her power. Though that may mean unleashing Pythia, the Lady of Serpents-Aleric's old enemy, and the seductress who ended his mortal life. Aleric, who is hailed as the messiah of the vampyres, must stop the reign of the sorceress Enora by locating the alchemist behind her power and unleashing his old nemesis, Pythia, the Lady of the Serpents, who holds the key to the survival of the vampyres WHEN the war exploded within a few hundred miles of the buried city, I knew that a hunter would come to that sacred place called Alkemara.