Eight years ago, slayer Tuck Houston lost two close friends to the same Damned vampire. She's been hunting that vampire since the day she walked into the carnage he created. But Josef Dragos has hidden himself well in the underground, from both slayers and other vampires. Tuck, however, never gives up. When slayers around the globe start disappearing, she's put on the hunt-because the pattern matches that of Josef. When she finds him, she's suddenly faced with memories she would rather keep buried, a powerful vampire who's been hunting her since she was sixteen, and a dangerous strigoi guardian. Welcome to the dark and blood-stained world of slayers and vampires. A world where enemies become allies, and the night proves just how deadly and heartbreaking it can be.