.POWER OF THE BLOOD WORLD Revised and Updated! Near Death is book 2 of a 4 vampire-novel series that throbs with danger, treachery, betrayal, cruelty and dark, sultry romance. In a world where the undead are wary of and competitive and view humans as only prey, amazingly, three Blooddrinkers from different eras and cultures are able to form relationships. But change breeds more change as their individual stories unfold, blending and escalating, adding pieces until the horrifying picture becomes clear: both species are in danger of extinction! Book 2 – NEAR DEATH David is sensitive, a poet; he refuses to kill for blood. But when a mortal calling herself Zero arrives at his ancestral home to stake him, a treacherous cat-and-mouse game ensues, and nothing is as it seems. David, the gentlest of the undead, becomes hell-bent on revenge, and no one will get in his way!