He had given up on love.

Banished from Mount Olympus, Dionysus wanders the earth until he finds solace in a magical vineyard on Naxos. Heartbroken by Ariadne, he immerses himself in wine and dancing, inadvertently creating a band of bloodthirsty companions and becoming the lord of the vampires.

His hopes of using this new purpose as a means for respect is dashed when the vampires destroy Athens and become the scourge of the human race. Dionysus neglects the vampires and spends his time drowning his sorrows with wine and dancing until . . .

Centuries later, in modern times, Dionysus meets a captivating anthropologist with a peculiar theory: the great writer Euripides was a vampire. Dionysus watches with amusement as she builds her case, for he knows Euripides well. But when an unexpected chemistry sparks between them, he's afraid to allow himself to love again. Can he risk another broken heart?

Magical and compelling! Karen Lynch, USA Today bestselling author of The Relentless Series.

This prequel can be read before or after the other books in this series.