The Impaler Legacy Omnibus
Ioana Visan
Book Description
In
a world crawling with vampires, Romania is the safest place left on earth.
Thanks to the Little Council, there hasn't been a vampire on Romanian ground in
over five centuries, until one day when Liana Cantacuzino is ordered to bring
one in, covertly.
Enter
Maximilien Hess, a thousand-year-old vampire determined to ruin the existing
order of things. When all is revealed, Hess's secret changes everything, and a
reluctant alliance is formed because the alternative is much worse.
The Impaler Legacy
Omnibus,
a vampire saga like no other, includes:
The
Impaler’s Revenge (novella)
Sweet
Surrender (short story)
A
Victory that Counts (novella)
Casualties
of War (short story)
Order
Restored (novella)
The
Third Wheel (short story)
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Award-winning
writer Ioana Visan has always dreamed about reaching the stars, but since she
can't, she writes about it.
After fighting the apocalypse aftermath in "Human Instincts", she
played with shapeshifters in “Blue Moon Café Series: Where Shifters Meet for
Drinks”, and then she dealt with vampires in “The Impaler Legacy” series,
before tackling longer works like a fantasy trilogy and a science fiction
series.
Aside from publishing short stories in various Romanian magazines and
anthologies, she published a short story collection "Efectul de
nautil" and the Romanian edition of "Human Instincts".
She was awarded the Encouragement Award by The European Science Fiction Society
at Eurocon 2013.
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Character Interview:
Interviewer: Hello, Liana. Thank you for
joining us today.
Liana
Cantacuzino: Thanks for having me.
I heard you have a message for us.
Yes, I want to
assure everyone out there that we are not abandoning our mission. My pandurs
and I, we are still here, ready to protect them.
From vampires.
If the need
arises, yes.
But not all vampires. Only the bad ones,
right?
Indeed. We are changing our mission and are going to
function as people’s police for vampires. We already have several training
bases set up all over the world, and we’re accepting people on voluntary basis.
Everyone has the right to learn how to defend oneself.
Couldn’t this cause
more problems than help if everyone learns to fight, to kill?
Basic defense classes are available for everyone. However, for those who plan to stay in the
service, we have in depth psychological testing planned before enlisting. Our
goal is not to create mass murderers.
I’m glad we cleared
that up. How does the Little Council feel about this globalization?
It’s hard after you’ve lived for generations with one goal
in mind, but we need to keep up with the times. The world doesn’t stand still,
and if we don’t evolve along with it, it will leave us behind.
But Romania will
remain a vampire free country?
Yes, that won’t change.
Won’t it be confusing
for the pandurs to face different sets of rules inside the country as opposed
to abroad? I know this was a big concern of yours during the New Zealand trip.
We had no choice but
to go on and hope for the best at the time, but now we can organize better.
We’re actually considering training two separate kinds of troops, one for each
territory, though the laws are changing in Romaania too, and soon we probably
won’t be able to “kill on sight” anymore. It happens when you give equal rights
to all people, humans as well as vampires.
Does it bother you?
Honestly? It’s how I’ve been raised so, yes, there are
moments when it still bothers me. But I try to get over it because it’s the
right thing to do. The math is simple.
As long as you don’t hurt me, I won’t hurt you.
That sounds
reasonable. And we all know you’re
pretty skilled with that stake. Are you still training?
Not really. I mostly practice diplomacy these days. My field
days are hopefully over.
Right, you’ve been on
a world tour recently. How did that go?
It went rather well, thank you. I’ve met several interesting
people in the countries I visited, and they showed interest in what I had to
offer once we found a common ground.
The new breed threat.
Well, technically, the new breeds are extinct now, but yes.
Are all of them dead,
really?
We certainly hope so. We still have patrols searching the
continents, so even if one or two escaped, we’ll get them too.
What happened to
Tawny?
What do you mean? I gave an order, and I expected it to be
carried out accordingly.
But was it?
I don’t know, I wasn’t there. I can tell you, though, that
Herve is alive and well in New Zealand.
You’re changing the
subject, but okay. What about Max? Where is he these days?
Around. He’s taking a well deserved vacation, but I trust he
will make himself available if we ever need him again.
You sound very
confident. Are you sure he can be trusted?
Absolutely. We would have never made it without him, without
his people. By forcing us to work, fight, and die together, he proved we could
get along.
Won’t the Little
Council have your head for making such a public statement?
A little over a year ago, maybe, but not today.
So, we talked about
the war, the new breeds, the Little Council, our alliance with the vampires,
and the famous Maximilien Hess. What else should we talk about. Where’s Jesse?
I believe he’s in the other room, fighting Max over snacks
while waiting to be interviewed.
I take it I should
get to it before murder happens?
I wouldn’t worry about it. They get along well, too well at
times even.
But you are checking
your watch.
We have tickets to the opera. Max doesn’t like to be late.
And we don’t want to
upset him, I get it. Very well, I’ll wrap it up then. Is there anything else
that you might like to add?
To all the vampires out there … keep your nose clean and
don’t upset my people … because I’ll be watching.
Thank you, Liana.
Thank you too.
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