The Bloodsong Experiment

Name: The Bloodsong Experiment
Author: Mariam Al-Masri

91 pages

The Incomplete
I was born a Strigaix, a creature of wealth and excess who feeds on the blood of others to sustain the light within my veins. My legal designation is The Blood Manipulator, a power I use to fake homeostasis until my cure reveals herself. I watch and I wait for the woman who will save me, even if it means making a deal with a god of nightmares to return the beating of my heart to its former state. For nothing shall stand in the way of completing our Bond.

The Musician
I have no name and I have no past. All that exists is my violin. On a sunless planet that I know not to be mine, I play and I sing. Each song a prayer that I may fade into nothingness. They call me a flower, a tribute, but I am nothing but the musician.

Underneath a crystal garden with the moon shining above The Musician sends The Incomplete on a quest for a magical violin that can make the flowers weep, sparking her own journey for survival in the courts of the Strigaix. Yet freedom is only a dream, for everyday The Incomplete appears as a waking nightmare, seducing her into a future she longs to escape.

Perfect for fans of Tanith Lee and early 2000s dark shoujo manga/anime like Vampire Knight and Wolf’s Rain.
The first book in a duology. Content warnings are linked on author website, the link to which is in the book BEFORE the table of contents.

Note: Translation of Arabic poetry come from the 10th century Arabic Book of Songs and are all done by me while English Classical poetry is taken from poetry collections in the common domain.

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