The Darkness Bites Back

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Laura R. Samotin, Ben Alderson

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Angry Robot
27 October 2026

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fantasy

Centuries ago, Tobias Osian had his mortality stolen from him when he was unwillingly turned into a vampire. Ever since, he’s been consumed by the need for revenge against the monster who took his humanity – Vladimir Damianos, the head of Britain’s most powerful vampire clan.

Now, Tobias is finally ready to enact his plan for vengeance, using Vladimir’s son Alexander to infiltrate the family and bring down the entire clan. But what he doesn’t expect is that Alexander has rebelled against his bloodthirsty father by protecting mortals instead of hunting them. When the two meet, Alexander is instantly enamoured with Tobias. And as a string of attacks rocks the city of Oxford, Alexander proves himself committed to protecting Tobias, unaware that Tobias is just as much of a monster as he is.

With his attraction to Alexander growing, Tobias must decide what means more to him: vengeance, or a love growing from the most unexpected of places.

By: Laura R. Samotin, Ben Alderson
Imprint: Angry Robot
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9781836730057
ISBN 10: 1836730055
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 27 October 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Laura R. Samotin is the author of the adult fantasy duology The Sins On Their Bones (2024) and The Lure of the Graves (2025). She and her spouse live with two enormously large felines. When she’s not pursuing her academic research on military tactics, power politics, and leadership, she relishes her role as a full-time cat servant. Ben Alderson is a #1 Amazon bestselling author and former BookTuber. In 2023, he was nominated for TikTok Author of the Year. An active promoter, Ben is active on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter. He has self-published a number of M/M romantic fantasy novels, and his series Court of Broken Bounds is published with Second Sky (Hachette UK). Ben lives in Oxfordshire and, when not writing, can be found reading, taking Winston – his Labrador – out for long walks, or obsessing over Marvel’s The Scarlet Witch.

Reviews for The Darkness Bites Back

""The Darkness Bites Back has everything I love to read in a vampire romantasy. Deliciously dark, sexy, and full of immersive language and relatable characters, this modern Romeo and Juliet retelling drew me in from the first to page to the last. This should be on all vampire lovers’ TBR."" – Elayna R. Gallea, author of Tethered