The First Imortal Walks gain Utanapishtim has paid dearly for creating the vampire race – imprisoned in a living death for centuries, driven to near madness. With a single whitehot glance, he immolates his descendants...and the vampire Armageddon begins. Beautiful and deadly Brigit Poe, not wholly vampire but loyal to the bloodline, is called into action. Her destiny: to vanquish the oncegreat king of the immortals and save the vampire race. Soon locked in an unwinnable battle, the two warriors discover a passion so shocking it threatens every truth they've ever known – and seems fated to end in death and heartbreak.