The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen

Claire Vessia's been sentenced to death. The last survivor of a ship of would-be-pirates captured by the navy, she's been accused of all of their crimes. She will die for it. Determined to go out with her head held high, her plans for a stoic execution are thrown out the window when a highborn lady offers her a chance to escape the noose... if she pays in vials of her own blood. But she is betrayed. Hung from the gallows and buried at sea, she rises amidst the waves as a Vampyri, an undead monster. Without a clue of where, or even what she is, and only a terrible hunger to guide her, it's only when she consumes a person trying to help her that she begins to understands what's been done to her. Swearing revenge against the noble woman that turned her, the nation that accused her, and its people that killed her, Claire makes an oath that she will hunt down anyone under the navy's flag, and carve a blood-strewn path on her quest for vengeance. But when the perfect chance to strike takes the form of the child of her maker - Claire must ask herself how far she's willing to go for justice.

Adult • Diversity Representation/LGBTQ+ • Fantasy/Dark • Diversity Representation/LGBTQ+/Own Voices • Fantasy

Content Warning: This book includes individual scenes that are graphic and may be harmful to some readers. Please proceed with caution. Death Violence Needles Deadnaming and purposeful misgendering Public hanging Sexual content Starvation Descriptions of underfed people Emotional abuse Parental abuse Drowning Forced Confinement Grief and depression around loss of loved ones Firearm use Recreational alcohol, smoking, and drug use Dark spaces Blood, gore, and decapitation of various limbs Descriptive scenes of biting and blood drinking, including in sexual scenarios Poverty Stabbing Fire, burns, and burning buildings Food restriction in the form of a vampire drinking rationed blood