“Anyone who has read this book in this wonderful series will want to read them all.” —David Morrell, author of First Blood

“In her rich and complex tale of the further wandering of the immortal vampire known as Ferenc Rakoczy (Count) Saint-Germain, Yarbro brings to vivid life the dark and bloody 16th-century court of Ivan IV, or more commonly, Ivan the Terrible....Underlying this absorbing and historically accurate work is a deep melancholy, reflecting both the immortal vampire's lost past and the tortured workings of the Russian soul.” —Publishers Weekly

“Darker Jewels is a fascinating addition to the canon. Set in the Russian empire of the 1580s, it tells of Saint-Germain's journey into that mysterious land and of his sojourn there as a representative of Istvan Bathory, King of Poland. it is a story of history, intrigue, politics, religion, love, and violence, blended with the expert touch Yarbro's fans have come to expect....Yarbro has told her complex tale in rich beautiful language, and in the telling stitched historic fact and fantasy so neatly together that the seams are impossible to detect.” —West Coast Review of Books