When Peter Harris is shunned by the very community he helped create, he finds himself back at ground zero-the cave of an early rebellion-with a handful of loyal comrades. Meanwhile the vampires are descending further into madness, their servants-the thralls-are closing in on the humans, and loyalties are shifting by the hour. In the midst of this chaos, a new danger emerges…something that threatens the humans, the thralls, and even the vampires. Harris and his team soon realize that there are worse things in world than deadly bloodsuckers…