After the vampire named Gabriel came into her world, Mariah Lyander was forced to face her true nature and admit to the terrible things she had done - things that Gabriel could not forgive. To redeem herself and recover her own humanity - and Gabriel's love - Mariah sets out on a perilous journey across the haunted land, in search of a rumored cure. And Gabriel, blood-bonded to her, is compelled to follow. Together - yet not together - they will face danger and death. And what they will find is not a place where monsters can be cured - but one where they are born... (Description from back cover of mass market paperback edition)