Henry Devane is a vampire. Once he ruled resplendent over all of London, but his dramatic fall from grace finds him scraping out the sustenance he needs, alone and forsaken amongst the shadows he used to revel in – until he hears that the last ten years of his life have been built upon a lie. With that revelation comes the realisation that the revenge he seeks is finally within his grasp.

His sire, Gabriel, fled to Italy to start all over again, and the elder vampire is in possession of the one thing Henry craves above all else. In order to steal it back and avenge himself, the vampire finds himself unwillingly leading the band of brothers who orchestrated his downfall so long ago.

It soon becomes clear, though, that while they are immortal, the vampires are far from invulnerable...