title: Crimson Shards
author: Nicholls, Maxine
description: After a year of shocks and surprises, Rachel is hoping for a period of calm but her admittance into the elite of the vampire ruling classes ensures that is never going to be the case. Continuing from Crimson Maze, Rachel now enters a far darker phase in her life where her survival and indeed her sanity are pushed to the absolute limit. Book two in The Crimson Tales.