In a European city where men rule the vampire underworld, a large, new female clan enters St. Viktersburg, a gothic metropolis. They are led by Lynette Borlandavic, a young, bold and arrogant queen who immediately challenges all rival factions for supremacy. However, a bitter and unexpected conflict with an old adversary erupts when a new generation of secret vampire hunters headed by Thomas Dikane, target them for extinction. The worlds of the living and the undead collide during a dangerous and chaotic period known as the dark season.