Marius Dumont is eager to take the plunge into marriage in
order to create a stronger base for the vampires and
werewolves in Crimson City and to stop all-out human,
werewolf, mech and vampire war. However, he has to get the
support of the other leading vampires to marry a werewolf
princess. They are eager for stability, but they feel his
plan is foolhardy, particularly in light of his rumored
infatuation with a human, Jill. The minor concerns of
familial leaders seem petty in light of a potential
werewolf/vampire plague.
Intricately interwoven with flashbacks to the days prior to
the Blood Taint, when vampires and werewolves "began,"
CRIMSON AND STEAM demonstrates the levels of care with
which Marius must balance politics and passion.
Named for the angels, Los Angeles is a city of demons, a
crucible of souls. It is Crimson City. Here vampires and
werewolves vie for dominion, humans build soldiers of flesh
and steel who seethe with fury. But alongside strife can be
love—a love that cares nothing for species or origin.
Yet, love doesn’t always conquer. Marius and Jill have long
been kept apart. Bound by destiny yet forbidden true union,
he is vampire; she, human. And a marriage alliance that
promises peace for all others shall separate them forever.
As if peace might be achieved so easily. Darkness is rising:
a mysterious plot shall force every inhabitant of Crimson
City to take sides. Deliverance exists, but first must come
a tale of impossible passion and discovery, of Marius and
Jill in a race against time leading back to the city’s
paranormal beginnings, to Victorian London, to an era of
invention and a world of…Crimson & Steam
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