A novel of utopia, science fiction, and alien vampires. In the 24th century, a journalist invited to a secret enclave, a place long thought to be a myth, only to find a community of humans and alien vampires living in harmony. Soon after she arrives, the village is besieged from within as well as without as a mysterious illness strikes the populace, and an adept from an ancient vampire cult invades to wreak havoc. As she investigates the events surrounding her, she learns the truth about the dragon's blood and discovers that she has a unique ability of her own, one which comes from a most unlikely source.