In the shadows of the night in Caldwell New York theres a deadly war raging between vampires & their slayers. & there exists a secret band of brothers like no other
- six vampire warriors defenders of their race. Now an ally of the Black Dagger Brotherhood will face the challenge of his life & the evil of the ages. Butch ONeal is a fighter by nature. A hard living ex-homicide cop hes the only human ever to be allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. & he wants to go even deeper into the vampire world- to engage in the turf war with the lessers. Hes got nothing to lose. His heart belongs to a female vampire an aristocratic beauty whos way out of his league. If he cant have her then at least he can fight side by side with the Brothers... Fate curses him with the very thing he wants. When Butch sacrifices himself to save a civilian vampire from the slayers he falls prey to the darkest force in the war. Left for dead found by a miracle the Brotherhood calls on Marissa to bring him back though even her love may not be enough to save him...