Madness of the Elder Vampire (Elder Madness)

Paperback – December 9, 2025
by Darby Vernon

A dark, character-driven urban fantasy where ruthless power, forbidden hunger, and modern corruption collide—perfect for readers of gritty supernatural drama and contemporary vampire fiction.

Adrian Rowe survived the streets of Los Angeles by trusting no one. That was before he met Garrick—an Elder vampire whose protection comes with brutal initiation, dangerous magic, and a new world Adrian never asked to enter. But when violence forces them to flee to San Francisco, the city’s underworld proves even hungrier than the one they left behind.

As rival vampires, witches, and hunters close in, Adrian finds himself caught between Garrick’s heart and his fangs, forced to choose what loyalty means in a world where Elder vampires eventually lose their minds—or are killed before they do.

Val, a vampire-witch mourning a lost lover, wants vengeance at any cost. Thea, a relentless hunter, stalks a vampire from her past with a name she refuses to cross out. And Adrian, trapped between rival powers and impossible choices, must survive a city that feeds on the weak.

Bloody, emotional, and steeped in contemporary realism, Madness of the Elder Vampire delivers a ruthless new vision of vampire fiction—where immortality means corruption, desire is deadly, and the only way out is through the heart.