The Eternal Heir
He’s a rebel determined to change the Risen world. She’s the last heir of the Line.
Jean-Pierre has spent the last hundred years hell-bent on destroying the vampire order who keeps the immortals of Europe under their iron rule. The last piece of the puzzle rests in a lonesome girl with a supernatural heritage.
When Ava Schmidt follows an old postcard to Berlin on the hunt for her long-lost family, she’s quickly dragged into the world of the Risen, where she discovers she’s the last hereditary heir to an unbroken line of immortal rulers.
Roped into a centuries-old rebel plot to overthrow her relatives and fighting to master her newfound vampiric powers, Ava struggles to decide on a path for her new eternal future – all while navigating her magnetic attraction to her alluring vampire instructor, Jean-Pierre.
But the rebels are hiding a terrible secret, one which will throw everything she’s been taught into doubt. Torn between loyalty to her new friends and Jean-Pierre, and the ruling family she never knew she had, the fate of the vampires of Europe rests in Ava’s hands.
Independent Book Review
“Readers will be engrossed in each scene, thrilled to sink their teeth into all this delicious drama. Author Liv Viola’s immersive, wildly impressive prose is the key to all this. The writing is sublime—rich, weighty, as hypnotizing in its clarity and impact as the red wine (and fresh blood) that Ava and her captor drink throughout the book.”
Self-Publishing Review
"A remarkable debut novel, The Eternal Heir is an exceptionally strong first installment of the Risen World series. Viola builds convincing relationships between her characters, never forgetting to push the plot forward at remarkable speed. The unfolding of the plot feels natural while also being addictive, and its grounding in realistic details ensures that the fantastical storyline remains relatable all the way through. This is a thrilling, deftly conceived novel, emotionally compelling and thematically complex, which will appeal to readers of vampire fiction and fantasy, as well as readers looking for a novel that is rich in both plot and style." ★★★★★
Tellest
“The Eternal Heir is a vampire tale with a fresh take, and at times almost reads as an academy fantasy, in the best of ways. It’s playfully dark without being overwhelming, has some tinges of romance without being saccharine, and it’s wickedly funny at times as well.”
Liv Viola
Liv loves to craft thrilling dark fantasy stories that explore deep questions about the supernatural creatures who could be lurking among us. Drawing on Europe's rich culture and fascinating history, Liv whisks her readers away on memorable adventures with gritty real-world details that bring each location to life.
The Eternal Heir is Liv’s debut novel and the first in her upcoming series capturing the Risen World in Berlin.
A Long Island native, Liv imbues her novels with the quintessential charm of Germany through details from her childhood visits to Bavaria and her over a decade in Berlin.
When not writing or working her day job as a digital marketing professional, Liv enjoys baking, wine tasting, painting, and getting lost in every fantasy series she can get her eyes on.
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