It is a Time of Legends.Nagash the Usurper is dead, but his last revenge has devastated the once-mighty kingdoms of Nehekhara. As the city-states turn to dust and their kings moulder in their graves awaiting their promised rebirth, a new power rises.Before the fall, in the city of Lahmia, Queen Neferata and her inner circle learned the secrets of eternal life from Nagash’s unholy tomes, becoming the first of a brand new race — the vampires. Thirsty for blood and power in equal measure, each of these powerful creatures pursues their own goals with single-minded fervour.Neferata, proud and vain, seeks to re-establish her empire and once again reign as queen. W’Soran, master of the magical arts, desires power over life and death.Abhorash, a warrior born, battles to slake his bloodthirst and regain his lost honour.But for all their plots and schemes, the vampires are nothing more than pawns in another, much larger, game — Nagash’s influence weighs heavily upon all those of his blood, and one day, he will return… The book was created by the InterWorld's Bookforge. Follow for new books. PQA: Political question and answer. The blog about russianand the world politics. Interworld's political blog in LJ. community of Bookforge in VK.The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.