The Kingmakers (2012) (edit title/settings)

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• Adele: Empress of Equatoria. Powerful geomancer. In love the vampire Gareth.
• Gareth: Vampire. Prince of Scotland. Oldest son of Dmitri, the vampire King of Britain. Protects humans by masquerading as Greyfriar. In love with Adele, Empress of Equatoria.
• Raheem Roston: Colonel in the Equatorian army.
• Eugene Mobias: Colonel in Equatorian army.
• Aswan Hariri: Anhalt's friend. Captain of Adele's ship, Edinburgh.
• Mehmet Anhalt: Equatorian general. The Sirdar - Lord Commander of Imperial Equatorian Army and Commander in chief of the Grand Expeditionary Force. Formerly the head of Empress Adele's personal guard.
• Luteta Ngongo: Katangan general. Ally of Equatoria.
• Captain Shirazi: Leader of Adele's personal guard, the Harmattan
• Corporal Darby: Member of Adele's personal guard.
• Flay: Vampire female. Cesare's war chief
• Murdd: Vampire. War chief from Lyon
• Cesare: Vampire. Gareth's younger brother. Leader of vampire alliance.
• Hallow: Vampire female. Cesare's 'right hand'. Deals with diplomatic issues.
• Stryon: Cesare's chamberlaiin
• Lothaire: Vampire King of Paris. Gareth's friend from many years ago.
• Baudoin: Gareth's chamberlain.
• Vittorio: Vampire King in Grenoble.
• Ifrah Doreh: Equatorian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Lawrence Randolph: Lord Aden. Cesare's spy in Alexandria.
• Admiral Romanski: Chief of the Air Corps
• Prime Minister Kemal: Prime Minister of Equatorian
• Murad Garang: Equatorian opposition leader.
• Msiri: King of Katanga
• Mamoru: Adele's former tutor. Hates all vampires and believes Gareth has somehow brainwashed Adele and plans to kill her at some point.
• Selkirk: One of Mamoru's geomancy students.
• Dr. Goronwy: One of Cesare's human servants. Scientist.
• Nzingu: Zulu. Part of Mamoru's cabal.
• Geoffrey Randolph: Doctor. Part of Mamoru's cabal.
• Sanah: Persian woman. Part of Mamoru's cabal.
• Zarina: Adele's maid.
• Miles Clark: US Senator. Leader of the US forces against the vampires. Adele's jilted fiance
• Major Stoddard: Clark's adjutant.
• Dr. Lo: ship surgeon on the Ranger
• Tomiko: Deceased. Mamoru's late wife who was killed by vampires.
• Kiyo: Deceased. Mamoru's late daughter who was killed by vampires.
• Fanon: Vampire in Paris. Gareth's friend in past years.
• Honore: Lothaire's son and heir.
• Katerina: Lothaire's queen.
• Major Naroyan: Equatorian major.

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Preceded by The Rift Walker.

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1. Clay Griffith (Author)
2. Susan Griffith (Author)

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