The Sun Ate His True Name

In the desert empire of Qasr, spoken true names become sunlight inside vampire blood. Executioner Samir al-Vey is ordered to kill seven condemned men carrying the stolen syllables of Prince Idris Qamar’s name. Each death makes Idris stronger and less human. To stop the regent’s permanent noon, Samir must drink Idris’s blood and carry the final syllable inside his own heartbeat—risking every vampire, every well and the night they choose together.

Executioner Samir carries the final syllable of a vampire prince’s true name inside his heartbeat while an artificial sun threatens their desert empire.