Miriam de Angelis, una giovane ragazza di Firenze, vive una vita tranquilla, ma una notte il suo incontro casuale con Leonard, un misterioso ragazzo dai tratti inquietanti, cambia per sempre il suo destino. Quello che all'inizio sembra un semplice aiuto, diventa il punto di partenza di una serie di eventi che la porteranno a scoprire l'esistenza di un mondo nascosto, fatto di vampiri, segreti e oscuri destini intrecciati.

Un campo di girasoli, una bambina scomparsa, un orologio che segna sempre la stessa ora. Nel cuore di una città dove il tempo sembra muoversi di lato, qualcosa si rompe. Una serie di eventi, banali o terribili, comincia a intrecciarsi in modi che nessuno riesce a prevedere. C'è chi osserva senza capire. C'è chi cerca risposte tra le pieghe di vecchie cicatrici. E c'è chi, nel silenzio, ha già deciso che alcune lezioni vanno insegnate. A ogni costo. Un romanzo corale, disturbante e ipnotico, dove i dettagli più innocui diventano inneschi. Un'indagine senza centro, una spirale di gesti minimi che sfiorano il destino. Perché il caso è solo la forma che prende il caos quando ci guarda da vicino.

Three years after the collapse of global superpowers and the rise of vampires as the dominant species, humanity has been reduced to slaves and pets. In a sprawling, nightmarish mansion ruled by The Nightshade Collective-a powerful coven of high-ranking vampires-Luke and his best friend Jake toil as human slaves, stripped of identity and hope. Each day, they navigate the brutal hierarchy of the mansion, where every misstep could lead to punishment, death, or worse. As the vampires revel in their decadence and cruelty, rumors of rebellion stir among the enslaved. Luke, pragmatic and reluctant, begins to dream of escape, fueled by his growing disgust at the inhumanity around him and the faint spark of hope ignited by a pet who yearns for freedom. Meanwhile, Jake's hatred for their captors burns brighter with each passing day, driving him to reckless and dangerous extremes. When a rare opportunity arises in the form of a stolen key, Luke, Jake, and a small group of slaves and pets seize their chance to flee. But their escape plan unleashes chaos. Luke's desperate gambit to release feral vampires-mindless, ravenous creatures kept imprisoned beneath the mansion-creates a bloody diversion that pits predator against predator. Fire spreads through the mansion as the slaves race through shadowed corridors filled with carnage and unspeakable horrors. Their journey to freedom is a brutal trial of endurance and courage. The ferals hunt them, and the vampires, though distracted, are relentless in their pursuit. As their numbers dwindle and friendships fracture, Luke must navigate the moral compromises and sacrifices necessary to survive. Outside the mansion's walls lies an even darker truth-feral-infested wastelands, human resistance groups dabbling in demonic pacts, and the looming threat of a shattered world where safety is an illusion. If anybody steals my work you will have swat going through your window. You have been warned

The world had gone to hell long ago, taken over by the vampire race. In order to keep some sort of peace in our land, the Vampire Lords made a consecutive agreement. The rich and powerful humans could survive just as they had been, untouched by the vampires save for the occasional blood collections, or so they thought In reality, we were all under their control. Castles spread out throughout our land, one landing in each city. Each castle varied in the number of vampires residing there, but all of them carried a Lord. The Lords were the ones in charge in every city, whether we liked it or not. The vampires often roam through the city, making sure that everyone was in order and no one stepped out of line. If you stepped out of line, you died, end of story. Even if the rich were still under their control, their lives were still better than the poor. The poorest lives held a much worse fate. The men were to be put to work as slaves, whether that meant serving a specific vampire, or just building their castles, they were slaves. The women were to be pets. Pets were the lowest rank you could have. They were forced into cages that were too small to stand in with collars around their necks. They spent their lives in pet shops, just waiting for the dreadful day that they'll be bought. They were treated like animals, trained into what their master wanted, and punished if they misbehaved. Those who were lucky enough to live through that, we're to be slaughtered for their blood at age twenty-five in an act to make sure that our population would stay steady. I was born into this world. Born into this world full of blood-sucking monsters. Except, I was one of the lucky ones. Was. It all ended for me when I was 12, when I was taken away from the last bit of hope and family that I had left. Ever since then, I've lived in a cage, just rotting away, waiting, dreading for the day that some monster would make me his. This is my life. I am a pet. ~~~ Cover by: @mshacake