NOTE: This story is an excerpt from The Children of the Sun, which is now available! Visit http://www.amazon.com/The-Children-Sun-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B009ZCSDA8 to buy the entire novel.

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The elder vampire Ashayt was once a simple peasant girl living in Egypt, on the outskirts of the great city of Memphis. Her life changes first when she meets a man -- Amun Sa -- with whom she falls in love, and second when she meets a deadly creature in the reeds, who bestows upon her both the gift and curse of immortality.

This two-chapter story is a spoiler-free excerpt from The Children of the Sun, the upcoming conclusion to the II AM Trilogy by Christopher Buecheler.