A vampire hunter's greatest battle isn't with the undead—it's with the ghosts of his past.

Anton Yoska has stared down death more times than he can count. Transylvania's most notorious vampire slayer is famed for his icy courage, his half-vampiric speed and strength, and the motley band of companions who fight at his side. But behind the fearsome reputation lies a man haunted by an agony no blade can pierce. Years ago, Anton's young daughter vanished without a trace. Despite endless searches, she was never found. The guilt has festered like a wound, driving him deeper into the hunt, into danger, into despair.

And then—five devastating words from a scheming vampire shatter his world: The girl lives. Gretchen lives.

The revelation sends Anton into a spiral of obsession. If there is even a chance that his beloved daughter survived, he will find her, no matter the cost. But every clue he chases pulls him further into a labyrinth of treachery, where vampire clans and human nobles alike manipulate pawns for power, and no one can be trusted. Royal assassination plots, whispered prophecies, and bitter betrayals all hint at a conspiracy so vast it could plunge the realm into a new and bloodier war.

All the while, the darkness within Anton grows. Half-turned by a failed vampire transformation, he fights not only his enemies but his own nature—knowing that the more he uses his unnatural powers, the closer he comes to becoming the very thing he has sworn to destroy.

With his loyal companions—Quintz, the knife-throwing dwarf with a barbed wit; Tomas, the apprentice who still believes in Anton's humanity; and Samson, the battle-scarred bear who delights in tearing vampires apart—Anton races against time and betrayal. But the path ahead offers no safe haven. To uncover the truth about his daughter, he must step into the heart of darkness itself... and accept that the answers he finds there could damn him forever.

Tense, atmospheric, and filled with twists you'll never see coming, The Lazarus Child plunges you into a world of Gothic treachery and shadowy horror, where every heartbeat could be your last, and every choice may cost your soul.