SAMUEL ROUKIN as Carcillo in ALL SOULS (2023) Dir. Emmanuelle Pickett

River — All Souls (2023)

Much like their children, their grandchildren are formidable in various ways, yet different from their parents. Gallowglass was raised in a scion after his father left; Baldwin sired a daughter rather than a son as his heir; Marcus is a son of the Enlightenment sired by a sixth-century patriarch, and Jack is an enigma of his own.

“Somewhere in the center of my soul, a rusty chain began to unwind. It freed itself, link by link, from where it had rested, unobserved, waiting for him. My hands, which had been balled up and pressed against his chest, unfurled with it. The chain continued to drop, to an unfathomable depth where there was nothing but darkness and Matthew. At last it snapped to its full length, anchoring me to a vampire. Despite the manuscript, despite the fact that my hands contained enough voltage to run a microwave, and despite the photograph, as long as I was connected to him, I was safe.”

Book Jack Blackfriars moodboard

It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches.

Not dying nor living nor healing, There is no pain in my sickness, For I am not kept from her love. I don’t know if I will ever have it, For all the mercy that makes me flourish Or decay is in her power.

“We all hunt something.”