Long before myths became legend and drew breath, there was only family-bound by love, faith, and tragedy. When a tormented, desperate son makes a deal with a cunning demon to save his dying mother, he unleashes a curse that twists him into something the world has never seen before. But darkness always demands balance, and the demon's rival crafts a savage reply in answer to this new predator.
Now two bloodlines-bound by fate and torn by betrayal, born of sorrow and sin-are set on a collision course that will shape the fate of humanity. Their war becomes the shadow that haunts mankind's dreams-as the eternal war between the creatures of the night gets unleashed on the world.