Set across untamed mythical lands of magick, superstition and witches, the world's first and oldest vampire looms out of his isolation and seeks passage to the place of his origins. It is a complex, enigmatic and elaborate story spanning across a large fascinating and ancient world. The struggle of humans, dueling nobles and star-crossed lovers, cast in a perilous and unpredictable lands is woven into a milieu of greater events, divining intricate and often stunning sagas. Humans are haunted by fear of the unknown and by their own fragility due to the existence of both witches and vampires. A rich tapestry of nature's beauty and brooding emotion often comes to bear in vivid details, in conjunction with various unfolding scenes of political intrigue culminating amid dark chaos that seems paradoxical and seductive. The mysterious elder vampire, Lord Osiris Lyvantium, becomes aware of a magical grimoire that possess many secrets, some of which reveal a way the vampire can fulfil his ambitions. The question is whether the reluctant hero, Raven Tarohfyre, a human, will be able to fulfil a destiny appointed to him by a soothsayer, and thwart the vampire's dreams. All the while, trying to survive a war between kingdoms, wrestle with his growing affections for a girl he meets during his adventures and ultimately prevent his homelands, and entire world, from being changed in ways only true darkness can comprehend. The vampire will have to contend with a witch queen, and a human, in order to get what he wants. And the people that inhabit all the kingdoms, will have to contend with the reawakening of magick and face shocking revelations, to survive and find peace. Some things cannot remain dormant forever.