Empire V

Victor Pelevin is a renowned Russian postmodernist writer. He is a laureate of the "Small Booker" and "National Bestseller" awards. His works have been translated into many languages and adapted into films.

The world is ruled by vampires. They are the children of the Great Mouse - the exiled goddess Ishtar. Humans are merely the result of selection. From them, the children of Ishtar suck money.

However, Roma knew none of this when he turned into an alley. He woke up as the newly minted Rama II. Instead of a soul - a tongue - the highest being that made him a vampire. To learn the secrets of the world elite, Rama must undergo a course in glamour and discourse. He must learn to fight with the help of a death candy and undergo the initiation rite - the great fall from grace.