"Before the Blood" is a five-novel prequel to the BryonySeries Gothic trilogy. Told in multiple points of view with Faustian elements, "Before the Blood" centers on the lives of four key characters and the choices that ultimately lead to tragic ending.In Book One, read how John Simons goes from riches to rags to riches, and the price he pays along the way.In Book Two, read how Kellen Wechsler goes from rags to riches, and the lives he discards along the way.In Book Three, read how little Bryony Marseilles, spoiled sheltered, and sickly, uses her introversion and imagination to make sense of her Utopia.In Book Four, read how Henry Matthews goes from rags to riches and what he sacrifices to serve the riches.In Book Five, read how Bryony Simons and those she loves destroy their dreams.