“Before us, there was another empire. A vast, powerful species that ruled the world. You can find traces of them still, if you know where to look, but they're long gone and they can never return. At least, that's what we used to believe.” For Abby Hart, life is already difficult. Torn between her vampire and human sides, she tells herself she can live a normal life, but deep down she knows her family's dark history will never leave her alone. Her long-dead father was the most powerful vampire of all, and his part in an ancient prophecy might just have been passed down to his only child. And then one night, Abby's life is torn apart by two shocking revelations. First, she encounters a woman whose entire species was supposed to have been wiped out hundreds of years ago. Second, she learns that she isn't her father's only child after all. She has a twin brother, and now he too is being drawn into a clash between civilizations that threatens the entire world. A secret was hidden in Abby's mind long ago, and there are creatures that will stop at nothing to tear that secret out. Ascension if the first book in the Demon's Grail series, in which an ancient war spills open into the modern day and one vampire is forced to finish the work her father started. Ends on a cliffhanger. The story continues in the second book, Evolution.