Castle of the Blood Visage

'The gods of our forefathers themselves took Ireland from elder demons, misshapen fiends who haunt our legends. Foremost among them were the Fomorians, who still dwell among the islands of the ocean. But here in this valley dwelt a worse kind of evil - the Lord of D·n Dreach-Fhoula, who was a dearg-di·la?, a drinker of human blood.' 'A bloodsucker?' asked Ingunn. 'I heard of them from the Slavs, when I went raiding in the Baltic. Vampires, they called them.' Viking shieldmaiden the Red Daughter is pitted against a nest of Celtic vampires.