Friend is a new concept for Jean Pierre, no matter what life you are talking about. Can he learn the intricate dance that he needs to learn in order to maintain relationships? Is there a transfusion for that?

From Saint Domingue to New York, New Orleans to the world that was now Haiti, Jean Pierre Alienne de Tartoire is being challenged to survive in a world that he no longer recognizes. But, in order to do this, he needs answers. He needs to know why, and how. There are too many questions that he woke up with, more than half a century after being ensorcelled and locked away in his plush tomb.

The alliances that he was making were more important and more inclusive than any that he had made in either of his previous lives. He finds myself confused, humbled and not a little grateful for these people who had dedicated themselves to a cause ... helping their new friend. Friend. A Vampire?

How can he put a price on the love and friendship that he is receiving from the people who have adopted him as their own? How can he live without the love that he has found after so long?