The Fealty of Monsters Volume 1
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Winter 1917. After years on the run from a dangerous cult, twenty-three-year-old Sasza and his father have established themselves among the Odonic Empire’s ruling class. But there’s a problem: Sasza is a vampire, and vampires aren’t supposed to get involved in human governance. What the aristocracy doesn’t know, after all, cannot hurt them.
Unfortunately, Sasza is far more involved than a stealth vampire should be. Not only does he work to quell the rumors of the vampires’ responsibility for an unsolved massacre, his lover is also the pro-proletariat Ilya, the Empire’s Finance Minister, who tries to recruit Sasza into the same cult hunting him.
Then—the Emperor declares war against the Vampire States. Diplomacy has failed. Sasza quickly learns that he will do anything to preserve peace–including giving in to the monstrosity he spent so many years concealing from even himself.
Stats: ~65k words | light novel | dark fantasy | gothic horror | political fantasy | queer | 18+
Illustrated by: Soren Häxan
Trigger warnings: Blood, gore, body horror, blood drinking, needles, emetophobia (blood), mosquitos, patricide, infidelity, explicit sexual acts and situations, dubious consent, age gap relationship between adults, urination (non-sexual), self-harm for magic use, depiction and discussion of alcoholism and drinking, depiction of a panic attack, mentions of war, mentions of sedition. Not intended for readers under 18.
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Jan 6 Update: EU Shipping is BACK!!
Get a signed, personalized physical copy of THE FEALTY OF MONSTERS Volume 1. The price includes personalization by yours truly, a book plate from the illustrator, the physical book, and shipping.
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Development log
- US Restock on July 19thJul 17, 2024
- Patch 1.2May 10, 2024
- Fulfillment Update #1Mar 24, 2024
- eFILES ARE AVAILABLEMar 12, 2024
- PAPERBACK TIMINGMar 08, 2024
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The Fealty of Monsters is an engaging read with plot points that seem simple at first before spinning you around as it turns you on your head. It's gnarly, grisly, and a love story to the ugly promises and justifications that people will make for the betterment of the society they want. It's an ode to the tapestry that monsters are just the distorted reflection of humans like you or me.
This is tagged as transgender (yay) is this a trans man and a cis man or some other gender pairing? Asking cuz I curate a few collections :D
Hello!! Sasza Czarnolaski is nonbinary trans which much ambivalence towards his own masculinity and is into men. Both myself and the illustrator are trans :D
So, would it be better in an enby and guy collection then? My collections are based on gender pairings (because that's usually what readers are looking for in specific) so that's why I asked. (My full list of collections so far is here: https://www.darkchibishadow.com/post/my-trans-romance-erotica-collections-on-itc...)
If this story isn't enby/guy or tm/m then I can put it into a general enby collection that's more catch all.
It would definitely be better in an enby and guy collection, though I will note that there is a woman and (a different enby) in another perspective. Sorry this answer is complex; it's a triple POV book where one enby gets with men, a lesbian gets with a different enby, and a bisexual whose relationships don't factor into her storyline in this first volume.
I appreciate the clarification! This is such a good set of collections, and thank you for doing this archiving work.
Complicated is a-ok! I've got little warnings on all of my collections that folks should read tags and summaries carefully before enjoying and I think most folks don't mind a side POV or two! (At least, I hope not!)
I've gone ahead and added it to the Enbies and Guys Being Gay Together collection! I'll throw it into the other enby collection too since at least two enbies feature and have relationships!
Thanks a ton for answering my questions! I really appreciate it and I hope these collections and shares help get your books in front of more folks :)
Hello! I just wanted to check in and see when the physical copies (for US at least) will be shipped out! Thanks <3
Hello!! Thanks so much for pre-ordering - they are currently being printed and hopefully will be delivered next week so I can start shipping them out 🖤
Oh thank you!!! I can’t wait to start reading it, I read the little preview back when I preordered and can’t wait to see what you’ve come up with. It’s a highly anticipated read of mine
Omg!! Yeah, I just got the shipping notification from Ingram, so the books are currently in transit to me.
If you want to or are able to get started on reading it in ebook, the files are also available to download off itch 🫶
Hey hey! An update: currently working my way through fulfillment. It's a one-person show here, but I'm hoping to get them all out as soon as I can.
Hello! Are you planning to put the book on K.U? I'm from Brazil, and my bank account isn't compatible with Itch.io, and I really want to support your work somehow, I could just get the book for free but I don't think it's fair, considering how much effort you put in the writing. The book's price in the brazilian coin is too much for me, but if you don't plan to put the book on the K.U, I'll be alert to any future sales. Happy release day, I hope you receive all the love and recognition you deserve ❤️
Hello! Thank you so much for your message. I'm not planning on putting the book on Kindle Unlimited, and I truly will not take any offense to downloading it for free. I do have a ko-fi account if you would like to make a donation at a price more within your budget.
That all being said, there will definitely be discounts via the Kindle store closer to when I'll be getting things ready for the release of Volume 2.
I'm so freaking excited for this book and to get a physical copy of it!
Thank you SO MUCH <3