The Cold Blood Chronicles

The Cold Blood Chronicles are a series of fantasy romance and adventure novels published between 1988 and 2016. The first three books serve as a trilogy, published between 1988 and 1992 depicting the blossoming romance of two teenage vampires, Vivienne and Hal, in Victorian Britain. A further 15 novels, comprising of 5 trilogies, have since been published.

The first three trilogies were written by popular children's author Helena Basket, in her first and only publication aimed at adults. After Helena's death in 2001, her daughter-in-law, Elspeth Basket, recovered manuscripts from Helena's possessions and used them to shape a further 3 trilogies of books.

Books
The Cold Blood Chronicles comprises of a total of 18 books, divided into 6 trilogies.

Trilogy 1: The Cold Blood Trilogy
The first trilogy focuses on the beginnings of the relationship between Vivienne Montgomery and Hal Jackson, two vampires who are coming-of-age in London in the mid-19th century. The trilogy focuses on them breaking away from their corrupt clan and learning to co-exist amongst humans, leading to incredible disapproval from the Vampiric Council and ultimately a war.
 * Book 1: Cold Blood (published November 1988) - Cold Blood introduces the world of Vivienne and Hal, and how they have a mutual distaste for their clan's hunting ways. The pair fall in love and decide to flee their clan and live their lives amongst humans, learning to control their blood thirst through animal flesh.
 * Book 2: Cold Hearts (published July 1990) - Vivienne and Hal discover the Vampiric Council has learned of their lifestyle and branded it a betrayal, the two head on the run as they learn the Vampiric Council have sent a hunter after them. As they travel the country, they meet various nomad Vampires, and begin to form a band of misfit cold bloods.
 * Book 3: Cold War (published March 1992) - Vivienne and Hal, along with their army of nomad vampires, return to London to face the charges of treason presented by the Vampiric Council. But when they are found guilty, a war breaks between Vivienne and Hal's former clan, and their new found band of misfits.

Trilogy 2: The Rebirth Trilogy
The second trilogy focuses on Hal's newfound power as the Vampire Superior of the reformed clan, which comprises of the survivors of the war. In this trilogy, several decades have passed since the end of the Vampire war, and the main story focuses on how Vivienne falls pregnant, the first time in millennia that a vampire has carried a child.
 * Book 1: Mother of Blood (published July 1993) - As peace is restored to the Vampire clan of London decades after the war, Hal is firmly in place as the Vampire Superior, and has assembled the greatest minds to form a new Vampiric council, but trouble is afoot when Vivienne learns she can bear children, meaning for the first time in millennia, a child will be born a vampire.
 * Book 2: Father of Vampires (published June 1995) - The Vampiric Council votes on whether the Vampire Child should be allowed to see adulthood, with vampire folklore stating that a child born of vampiric ability grows to be the causer of end of days. Vivienne discovers that her birth parents, a peasant family living in poverty, are still alive.
 * Book 3: Family of Eternity (published April 1997) - As Vivienne prepares to give birth to the Vampire Child, Vampires from all over the world gather to witness it's arrival, and preparations for the child's execution are prepared for by the Vampiric Council, despite Hal's protests. In a last ditch attempt to prevent his newborn daughter's death, he sends her and Vivienne into hiding and fakes their deaths in childbirth, to the shock of all vampires.

Trilogy 3: The Hidden Trilogy
The third trilogy focuses on Vivienne and her daughter, Ariadne, travelling the world in search of an accepting clan of vampires to take them in. The trilogy is notable for skipping over a considerable amount of time, and takes place during the 1960s. It is the only trilogy not to take place in Britain and the only trilogy not to feature Hal in any capacity. It is the final trilogy to feature Vivienne as a main character. It is the final trilogy to be written by series creator Helena Basket, who died six months after the publication of book 3.
 * Book 1: The Russian Witch (published July 1998)
 * Book 2: The Moroccan Prince (published November 1999)
 * Book 3: The American Wolf (published March 2001)

Trilogy 4: The Daughter Trilogy
The fourth trilogy focuses on Ariadne's return to London after the murder of her mother at the hands of the Wolves of Pennsylvania. Reunited with her father for the first time since birth, she must assume a new identity to prevent her father's clan from learning that she is the legendarily feared and long-believed dead Vampire Child. This trilogy also sees Ariadne meet her adoptive brother Jeremiah, who is training to succeed his father as the Vampire Superior. The trilogy also introduces a new love interest for Ariadne, in the form of Oliver Walton, a human with an intense interest in the occult.
 * Book 1: The Vampire Child Ascends (published June 2003)
 * Book 2: The Vampire, The Son and The Professor (Published October 2004)
 * Book 3: The Superior Revelation (published May 2006)

Trilogy 4: The Silver Dagger Trilogy
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Trilogy 5: The War Trilogy
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Trilogy 6: The End Trilogy
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