Once a fearsome vampire warlord, Bazyli Breznik now lives at rock bottom—driving a yellow cab through NYC, sleeping in the trunk, and drowning centuries of guilt in cheap booze. He's a relic of a forgotten past, a self-loathing immortal convinced he's the worst monster to ever walk the earth. But when he interrupts an attempted kidnapping outside a diner, Baz finds himself pulled into something darker than even his bloodstained history: a human trafficking ring hiding in plain sight.

The target? Nika, an undercover cop who's tougher than she looks—and unwilling to stay saved. When she's taken for real, Baz can't stand back. These traffickers remind him too much of the monster he used to be. To save her, he'll have to dig up the beast he buried and try to wield it for good—for once.

Baz isn't a hero. But maybe, just maybe, he can be something close.