Centuries after being betrayed and burned at the stake, Gilles de Rais has returned—not as a man, but as a revenant vampire whose blood ignites into deadly blue fire. Once a knight bound by honor, he now wages a silent war against the world that condemned him, orchestrating conflicts from the shadows of modern society. “Bloodshade: The Ancestral Line” is a high-concept dark fantasy series where original vampires—born, not made—manipulate global events to prevent (or trigger) humanity’s extinction. Gilles is one of the four Originals… and his fire is only the beginning.