It’s the one place in the universe where a vampire can bask in full sunlight without danger of death—a red star, deep in open space. Kristof’s newly purchased ship will take vampires there, to experience the novelty of constant day. But he himself is afraid to take that last step into the light. Until Tomas arrives to show him just how arousing the sun can be.

The only vampire on the crew of the long-haul exploration ship Lightning Girl, Trev has learned to make his own entertainment. Or make entertainment with somebody else, like Ash, the sexy human navigator Trev's had his eye on. But when the entire crew of Lightning Girl is killed except for Ash and Trev, the stakes of the men's growing relationship go from a quick fling to life and death. With the hyperdrive down and the oxygen running out, Trev is determined to save his lover's life—no matter what the cost.

Twenty-five years after its disappearance, the long-haul freighter Lightning Girl returns to Earth with only two passengers left alive. Ash and Trev were lovers when catastrophe befell the freighter, but after twenty-five years of solitude and starvation, things may never be the same between them again.