Read-alikes

Books Like Empire of the Vampire

Empire of the Vampire is vampire, morally grey & forbidden love — mild (2/5), first-person, ending on a hard-won happy ending. These 12 romantasy read-alikes are ranked by how much they share with it, closest first — each one explained.

Twenty-seven years after a cataclysm called Daysdeath extinguished the sun and gave vampires dominion over humanity, Gabriel de León — the last Silversaint, a half-vampire holy warrior — is imprisoned and awaiting execution. Forced to recount his life to a vampire historian, his story unfolds across three timelines: his youth discovering his mixed heritage, his celebrated career hunting the undead, and the desperate quest to find the Holy Grail, the only weapon that can restore daylight and end the vampire reign. Woven through the battles and blood is a forbidden love that costs him everything.