It's been six years since rising temperatures released an ancient, long-dormant virus from its frozen hibernation. The virus rapidly spread across the world, wiping out four-fifths of the human population.

The vampire population, however, was unaffected.

But the fates of humanity and vampires are bound together. Struggling to adjust to a new world where their primary food source is 80% scarcer, the leaders of America's four vampiric clans convene for a summit to debate their options for the future. The ruling Lords and Ladies have very different ideas about what the role of vampires in the new world should be, and reaching a consensus looks to be an uphill battle.

For Draven, exiled fifty years ago from the Wineblood clan, his unexpected invitation to the summit represents a chance to put the past behind him and rejoin vampiric society…as well as to reunite with his former, once-human lover, Ariadne.

As he reconnects with old friends and old flames, Draven and his allies find themselves caught up in a conflict that will forever change the fates of both humans and vampires alike.