Twenty years after First Dawn - the morning that followed a blood-soaked night where Mankind learned vampires lived among them - wars and skirmishes continue. Peace between humans and the Breed seem elusive, but the Order and their allies will not rest until it is won. For Mira, raised with the Order from the time she was a child and now the formidable captain of her own team of warriors, the fight is personal.

With an ancestry stretching back to the Mayflower, Lara Adrian lives with her husband in coastal New England, surrounded by centuries-old graveyards, hip urban comforts and the endless inspiration of the dark Atlantic ocean.