A NOVELLA  by Leanbh Pearson
CATEGORY Alternate History / Gothic Horror
PUBLICATION DATE  August 2026
COVER ART  Greg Chapman
PAGES 215

EDITIONS 
Unsigned Jacketed Hardcover — ISBN  978-1-80394-598-9 [£18]
100 JHC signed by Leanbh Pearson  — ISBN 978-1-80394-597-2 [£25]

1789. Vive la République

Nicolas is a merchant's son with the soul of an artist. The Revolution sweeps across the country and Nicolas is caught by the proud, daring and handsome libertine, the Marquis de Laon. Societal worlds apart, Nicolas is seduced by Marcellus, a vampire who begins a passionate romance that leads to a dark and brutal betrayal.

The old Republic falls and Nicolas and Marcellus must flee Laon. Separated in the chaotic collapse of the chateaux, Nicolas now a vampire, crosses miles and years waiting for Marcellus who never follows. Hiding from the terrors of Napoleonic war, suddenly Marcellus beckons to him.

Awoken from slumber, grief and loss, Nicolas finds Marcellus captive in the darkest and most torturous of places. Unable to escape together, Marcellus is sacrificed to blood and bullets.

Trapped in the army of the World War and crushed by sorrow, grief and hopelessness, Nicolas' mind is broken by savagery and death.But an Australian soldier offers Nicolas something he wasn't expecting - hope and love again.

Driven by a new purpose, Nicolas crosses battlefields and oceans for Peter. A mind broken can never be healed: yet can Peter accept the cruelty hidden in the shattered parts of Nicolas’ soul ?