For more than a thousand years, the Morozovs — known among the supernatural as the Oldbloods, the first of the vampires — have carried the weight of their curse.
Once mortal siblings in the wilds of eighth-century Rus', their fate was sealed the night their mother bargained with Koschei the Deathless to save her children from Viking raiders. From that night forward, they became eternal — and in their shadow, every vampire that followed.
Now, in Chicago, a city built on ambition, reinvention, and ruthless survival, their story begins again.
Drawn by the words of a young psychic, Dmitri Morozov follows a whisper of the impossible: freedom. Mortality. A chance to break the curse that has defined his family for more than a millennium.
But the sudden convergence of the Oldbloods does not go unnoticed.
Witches watch. Wolves take notice. Ancient enemies emerge from the shadows. Some would do anything to see the first vampires destroyed. Others seek to exploit whatever secret has drawn them together.
At the center of it all stands Liza Belov, a witch whose power has been buried for years — and whose blood may hold the key to the Oldbloods' salvation or their ruin.
As alliances fracture and old wounds reopen, the choices made in the shadows of Chicago will ignite a conflict that reaches far beyond one city.
Because this time, the fall of the deathless will change everything.
Urban fantasy romance with Slavic folklore, vampire politics, found family, slow-burn obsession, wolf pack loyalty, witchcraft, and a dangerous amount of emotional repression.
A witch who fears her power. An immortal who fears his hunger. A city where every secret has teeth.
The official catalog information for Devils in the Windy City.
Title
Devils in the Windy City:
The Deathless Were Meant to Endure Forever. Chicago Will Prove Them Wrong
Series
Book One of a planned urban fantasy series
Author
Elena Chaikin
Publisher
Koschei Press, 2026
ISBN
9798993386720
Subjects
Fiction / Fantasy / General
Fiction / Horror / General
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