Welcome to the exciting new installment on the Vampirate series EMPIRE OF NIGHT.
Sidorio, fuelled by grief and revenge, is intent on becoming King of the Vampirates and building a new empire to bring terror to the oceans. But he faces growing opposition from both the Pirate Federation and from the more benign vampirate realm, led by Mosh Zu and Lorcan Furey.
Twins Grace and Connor Tempest, still reeling from the recent discovery of their true parentage and its explosive implications, are thrust deep into the heart of the conflict. As old friends and foes are thrown together unexpectantly, the twins find their allegiances shifting in ways no-one could ever have imagined...
Join the Tempest twins in this fifth dramatic encounter as they battle for the empire of the Vampirates.
Read The Honeymooners, Chapter 3 of
There's a new ship of vampirates roaming the seas, leaving a trail of fear and devastation in its wake. When a high-profile pirate is slain, the Pirate Federation takes decisive action and begins training up a ship of dedicated vampire hunters.
Amongst the dynamic crew is young pirate prodigy Connor Tempest. Meanwhile, Connor's twin sister Grace enjoys a bittersweet reunion with their mother, Sally, who has some important and shocking news for her daughter. As Grace uncovers the truth about her family's past, she realises that she and Connor face a daunting and uncertain future.
Desperate to find out more? Click here to read Intruders in the Fortress, the first chapter of Black Heart or download it as a PDF 
If its been a while since you last read the Vampirates books or you are new to the series click here for Justin's 60 second recap of all the action so far.
Black Heart is available as an unabridged audio book from Whole Story Audio Books. Click here to find out more. To listen to an excerpt click here.
It really is an ambitious book...A majorly impressive achievement.
Anthony Horowitz
With a cast of unforgettable characters and a pace that never lets up the third Vampirates adventure is Grace and Connor’s most spectacular voyage so far.
For Connor these are testing times aboard the Diablo and he finds himself crossing a line from which there is no return.
Grace also faces danger as she travels with Lorcan to Sanctuary, a place of healing presided over by Vampirate guru, Mosh Zu. The journey is perilous as the following extract shows…
Read Dark Journey, Chapter 4 of Blood Captain here or download as a PDF
Blood Captain is available as an unabridged audio book from Whole Story Audio Books. Click here to find out more. To listen to an excerpt click here.
Hear an interview with author Justin Somper about Blood Captain
An intriguing mix of piracy and vampirism...bravo!
Darren Shan
The incredible adventures of twins Grace and Connor Tempest continue in the second Vampirates novel, Tide of Terror
Connor may only be fourteen but he’s taken to the life of a pirate like a duck to water. But his loyalties are divided between his shipmates and his sister.
Meanwhile Grace isn’t finding pirate life so appealing. She cannot shake the feeling that all is not well on the Vampirate ship she has left behind. Dare she try to return to it?
New experiences await them both, including a journey to the fabled Pirate Academy.
Here’s an extract from early on in Tide of Terror when Connor and the crew of The Diablo mount an attack on another ship with disastrous consequences…or download as a PDF
Tide of Terror is available as an unabridged audio book from Whole Story Audio Books. Click here to find out more. To listen to an excerpt click here.
Totally original...I wish I'd had this idea!
Anthony Horowitz
The year is 2505. The oceans have risen. A new era of piracy is dawning.
A vicious storm separates twins Connor and Grace Tempest, destroying their boat and leaving them fighting for their lives in the cruel, cold water.
Picked up one of the more notorious pirate ships, Connor soon finds himself wielding a cutlass. But does he have the stomach to be a pirate?
Grace finds herself aboard a more mysterious ship. Kept under lock and key she’s assured no harm will come to her, just as long as she follows the enigmatic captain’s rules…
Here’s an extract from the first book in the Vampirates sequence, Demons of the Ocean...or you can download as a PDF
Demons of the Ocean is available as an unabridged audio book from Whole Story Audio Books. Click here to find out more. To listen to an excerpt click here.
Dead Deep is a one off short story written exclusively for World Book Day in 2007.
The action takes place between the end of Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean and the beginning of Vampirates: Tide of Terror when Connor and his new pirate buddies Bart and Jez have their first bit of shore leave but soon find them selves in deadly deep water.
Here’s a little taster of how their weekend adventure began…or download as a PDF
Dead Deep is available as an unabridged audio book from Whole Story Audio Books. Click here to find out more. To listen to an excerpt click here.