But despite his blackhearted hatred, there’s one thing that gives Gabriel pause in his relentless quest for revenge-the crusade for the Holy Grail, which represents the last hope for men. Gabriel offers an acrimonious recollection of how he earned his reputation as “the most fearsome swordsman who ever lived” and why he abandoned his faith to devote himself to killing the Forever King, the coldblood who set him on a monstrous path for vengeance. After the coldbloods arrest Gabriel for crimes against them, their ruler, the Undying Empress, sends her historian to chronicle his life before his execution. Gabriel de León is the Last of the Silversaints, a devout brotherhood of half-vampires, half-humans who have sworn their lives to the Church in defense against the coldbloods, or full-blooded vampires, who have hunted their lands for decades.
I did ask myself this question a few times when reading this….A rancorous antihero narrates a chilling tale of revenge in this unfocused dark fantasy from Kristoff ( Aurora Burning). – That last 20%….heart breaking and jaw dropping. – It was dark, brutal, heartbreaking but beautiful, I found this really hard to review as words escaped me so I’ll keep this short: So right! It was fabulous, wonderous and all the words with ‘ous’ at the end! The author described this as bloodsmutty and he was right. ‘You are Gabriel de Leon, Last of the Silversaints.’Ģ7 hours and 10 minutes of Gabriel de Leon….and that’s not even his whole story! Of course I have the regulation 2 physical copies as well!!! A story of legendary battles and forbidden love, of faith lost and friendships won, of the Wars of the Blood and the Forever King and the quest for humanity’s last remaining hope:
Imprisoned by the very monsters he vowed to destroy, the last silversaint is forced to tell his story. But even the Silver Order couldn’t stem the tide once daylight failed us, and now, only Gabriel remains. Gabriel de León is a silversaint: a member of a holy brotherhood dedicated to defending realm and church from the creatures of the night. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise.
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