The Kingmaker

<p>When investigative journalist Eliza Warren begins digging into Senator Richard Townsend's suspicious suicide she uncovers more than political corruption-she stumbles into a shadow war that has been raging since 1692. Armed with her great-great-great-grandmother's silver dagger and an ancient pendant that burns with supernatural fire Eliza discovers that vampires haven't just infiltrated the highest levels of American government-they've been controlling it for centuries.</p><p>But this isn't your grandmother's vampire story.</p><p>In the digital age immortal predators don't lurk in gothic castles-they architect surveillance networks manipulate financial markets and turn social media into weapons of mass influence. When tech prodigy Riley Zhang partners her vampire enhancement with cutting-edge AI traditional resistance becomes obsolete overnight. Democracy itself is on life support kept barely alive by ancient creatures who view human civilization as their personal feeding ground.</p><p>As Eliza races against time to expose the truth she must navigate a deadly romance with research partner Marcus Chen whose own enhancement by vampire blood makes him both ally and potential threat. Together they uncover a conspiracy that reaches from Salem's witch trials to the Pentagon's deepest vaults where cosmic authorities older than human civilization prepare for a reckoning five centuries in the making.</p><p>When the vampires abandon subtlety for open warfare when every screen becomes a weapon and every network a trap Eliza faces an impossible choice: remain human and watch democracy burn or become something more than mortal and pay prices that love makes bearable but survival makes terrible.</p><p><em>Blood Debts</em> fuses political thriller with supernatural horror asking what happens when democracy must be saved by those who are no longer bound by its limitations. In a world where immortal predators wield fiber optic fangs and digital claws the price of justice may be humanity itself.</p><p><strong>Some debts can only be paid in blood. Some truths are worth dying for. And some choices choose you back.</strong></p><p><em>Perfect for fans of Charlaine Harris Jim Butcher and anyone who wondered what The West Wing would look like if it were written by Anne Rice.</em></p>