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Bernard Bloodworth IV - The Disclosure Alliance
Paperback
Series: Children & Young People's Fiction, Book 12
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 5 2026
Pages: 342
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Bernard Bloodworth has finally achieved something close to contentment. His fashion brand is successful, his fiftieth birthday has been planned in proper style, and Fubu, the most exacting Siberian cat imaginable, appears satisfied, if only by his own impossible standards. Best of all, Bernard has enjoyed eighteen uninterrupted months without Olak.
Olak, by contrast, has spent those same months embedded in the fashion world, praised for statements he never intended and celebrated for ideas he does not respect. His sarcasm is treated as insight. His irritation is mistaken for courage. The experience leaves him quietly appalled, but also increasingly certain that humanity's greatest weakness lies in how eagerly it fills in the gaps and how easily the population can be controlled.
While Olak navigates celebrity exile, a gathering of senior vampire figures in Europe descends into catastrophe. It is meant to be a private meeting. Instead, it becomes a demonstration of how carelessness spreads when people assume they are safe. Clarabelle remains standing when others do not, and that alone is enough to place her under suspicion.
With leadership stripped away and no one willing to step forward, Olak is recalled and elevated out of necessity rather than confidence. However, his return is carefully managed. He is assessed, observed, interrupted, and paired with a new familiar under conditions that make it clear this is oversight, not trust. Bernard watches closely, understanding these moments for what they are: tests designed to reveal where power actually sits.
Across the Atlantic, a new partnership is proposed. The dynamic Sophia arrives with impeccable timing, flawless organisation, and a plan that promises order, cooperation, and a future in which vampires no longer operate on the fringes.
It does not remain so for long.
What begins as collaboration between vampire leaders on a scale never seen before hardens into a struggle for control, drawing every figure toward a place far from public view. There, old authority reasserts itself with meticulous care. Some offers are accepted, others are declined, and the frogs see all.
The Disclosure Alliance is the fourth and final instalment in the Bernard Bloodworth series: a sharp, darkly comic conclusion that brings every thread into alignment, places every character where they belong, and closes the world on its own terms.
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