Ridley Shayne, a detective for the Department of Supernatural Investigations, is called in on a case regarding suspicious homicides, she finds the situation is not what it seems. Her suspect, a 200-year-old vampire prince named Maddox Drake, is caught in a web of lies, betrayal and darksecrets that he is begging to have uncovered to clear his name. The two set off together to catch the real killer in a tale that not only uncovers the hidden truths that haunt both their pasts, but also a love neither one of them expected.In this epic tale of romance, war, and dark secrets, you will find that blood is not always thicker than water. In the realm of Shaddic, a place where all supernatural creatures call home, the false king Valik has only one thing in mind, ending the blood shortage his people have been forced to endure by gaining ultimate power over all creatures, including the humans. His dark and sadistic plan involves enslaving the human race, making his own personal blood banks. He has created his own army of rogue vampires to do his bidding, causing mass homicide and turning humans into the hunted. Maddox and Ridley must team together to stop this frivolous genocide before it is too late and the human race is forced to face their apocalypse.