Kaiden's world has been utterly upended. The former alcoholic turned thrall is now a vampire... with undreamed of powers. How is this possible and what does it mean? Can he be mankind's hope to free them from their degrading servitude to their bloodsucking masters? Just what kind of vampire is he, and what are the limits of his abilities?

Kaiden's feelings for his hunter companion, Johann, have grown stronger. He knows Johann has feelings for him as well, and would gladly push their relationship to the next level. But Kaiden doesn't dare, afraid that once he tastes Johann's sweet, beckoning blood, he won't be able to stop himself until it's too late.

As Kaiden and Johann scour the countryside for vampires and for answers to Kaiden's questions, Kaiden is forced to come to some self-realizations which can either make him or break him. Is he any better than the vampiric overlords, or is he doomed to become just like them? Will the blood he needs to defeat them cause him to lose what little humanity he still possesses?