Anna, a Watcher who keeps supernatural criminals in check, finds herself unable to control her rage as her lover, a DEA agent, disappears, a serial killer terrorizes San Francisco, and a Wiccan sorceress plans to raise up a demon.

"A newly turned vampire, Anna is forging an uneasy balance between her old human life and her new supernatural one. Still, with her partner out of town, her family abroad and her mentor estranged, she doesn't have anyone to turn to--which is why she's keeping a low profile. But now young vampires are turning up dead, completely drained of their life force. Although Anna worries she might be next, things start getting personal when her shape-shifter...

The death of Anna's old vampire mentor is causing ripples in the mortal world. Anna needs to lie low, but with the sudden discovery of a slew of drained bodies near the Mexican order, and some studding news from an unexpected source, she soon finds herself on a journey that may threaten her existence -- and that of all vampires.

Annas relationship with shape-shifter Daniel Frey has given her hope for a future with him and his son-especially when Frey proposes... But just when Anna starts to think her life couldnt be better, she must fly to France to be at the side of her dying mother. There she learns that not every vampire accepts her Chosen One status. And one such vamp is about to go rogue-by leading his followers in a fight to usurp humanity...