“I’ve been waiting so long for this.” When his father turns him into a vampire, Branek eagerly embraces a life of blood and shadows. From kidnapping the object of his obsession to recognizing the arousing beauty of a fresh corpse, he delights in depravity. But there's one thing more important to Branek than a life of glorious sin: his family. Though he lives without morals, he won't tolerate threats to his brothers and sister. He'll do anything to protect them... especially if it means leaving a trail of bodies along the way. DEAD HEART follows Branek's life from the night he becomes a vampire until the moment he first meets Dawn in DREAMS FOR THE DEAD.