The Vampire Civilization

Bashir Wague was an ordinary young African Muslim man living in the City of Timbuktu, Mali, in 1666 when he met the lovely Yasmin Sissoko, a woman who simply took his breath away. Yasmin turned out to be a Vampire, and she transformed Bashir into one of the Undead. Over the next few centuries, Bashir explores the Vampire Underworld, and after being inducted into the Order of The Chamber, he begins his meteoric rise to power. A chance encounter with Hanno, a legendary Elder Vampire who once served Ancient Carthage and fought the Romans, utterly transforms Bashir's existence. In the twenty-first century, with the Great Houses divided by politics, the Vampire community is endangered by infighting. Now one of the Leaders of the Undead, Bashir seeks to do the impossible. He wants to unite the warring Vampire factions and create a lasting Vampire Civilization. Powerful forces in both the Human and Vampire worlds will oppose Bashir's quest. There's Amal Osman, a deadly and seductive Vampire Princess of Somali lore, whose ambitions know no bounds. There are also the fanatical Purificators, sworn enemies of the Vampire race. Bashir means well, but must battle ferocious enemies, and his own dark urges. Can a ravenous, power-mad Immortal be a force for good