He walks alone, a being of darkness, one with a remorseless hunger for human blood. Yet despite his very nature, that which marks him out as different and damned, Thorne strives along with others of his kind to maintain a code of conduct, to limit their damage upon an unsuspecting humanity. But others of his ilk, renegades and rogues, are not bound by such niceties. They feed and kill wantonly, without remorse. Inevitably, these two groups must clash. Thorne finds himself right in the middle of it all. And, there is worse to come.