Ed Russo 
Empire of Blood 

Vampire Christina Griffith, former criminal trying to escape her former life moved to New York and created a new life as a singer. Promises of stardom, she winds up with sleazy record executive Victor Turner. No sooner is Christina back on the streets then she finds herself in a love triangle with Turner and Tony Perillo. An attempt to outrun her past, this time in New York, a city that“s left divided by the 2016 U.S. presidential election, with a whole new brand of playground; with corrupt police, politicians, and the Russian mafia clawing at her past. Tony, who moved to New York to be with her finds himself haunted by a dark malevolent presence whose poison digs into his very soul. Meanwhile there are many deaths surrounding them all of which are somehow connected to serial killers. Within the underworld, there is an ancient evil that pulls the strings on all levels of society, with a leader called: ‚The Baby“, who causes many to shudder in fear when they hear the name of this cult of assassins.