Stricken by a broken heart and plagued with a curse he's unaware of, a broken man embraces his inner darkness, only to discover he just scratched the surface to power only gods' possess, and a life filled with enemies he didn't know he had. Mattox Brady finally thought his lifelong monotonous misery was gone, until his fiancee disappeared and a mysterious woman showed up in her place, with stories about a past he can't remember complete with love and wonder, along with deadly adversaries and a controlling Order of Cimmerian. Grief and despair can turn any man heel, but what about those who host undiscovered power and ability? Now some of the most influential and untouchable vampires in Crystal Springs want him dead, and Brady must try to uncover the mysteries, or find himself buried in the dark.