Five years after the Vampire War, seventeen-year-old Selah Brown is on the hunt for answers. Heading to the vampire-held city of Miami, she plans to track down the origins of 'Blood Dust', the drug her father had been investigating shortly before he disappeared, in the hope of using the information to find him. What she doesn't plan on is meeting Cloud, the young and enigmatic leader of the human rebellion, or drawing the attention of the infamous vampire known as 'The Dragon', and awakening within him a dark passion he had thought long dead. With the lives of friends and family on the line, only one secret, impossible talent gives Selah any hope of success—but that very source of hope might start the Vampire War anew...

The vampire king of Miami is dead, and Selah Brown is on the run - for his ancient blood now courses through her veins. Desperate and with only days left to live, Selah flees to the vampire city of LA in search of a cure. Her goal: to undo the curse that is turning her into the most powerful vampire to have ever walked the night. Yet time is running out. As Selah becomes enmeshed in LA's corruption, violence, and vampiric politics, she comes to realize that salvation may cost her very soul...

The vampire war has begun anew. Cured of Sawiskera's curse but bereft of his god-like powers, Selah finds herself alone, vulnerable as never before, and burdened by the sins she committed while seeking salvation. Yet the war offers her no respite. Blood Thralls sweep across the land, and the US military has her on their most wanted list. Plessy stirs in Miami, and everywhere the world descends into madness and despair. And through it all, a vampire stalks her, his might undeniable, his hunger insatiable. Theo's vow to consume her heart haunts Selah's every waking moment, and she cannot deny the righteousness of his vengeance...