Utanapishtim has paid dearly for the sin of creating the vampire race?imprisoned in a living death for centuries, driven to near madness. With a single white-hot glance, he immolates his descendants?and the vampire Armageddon begins.<P>Beautiful and deadly Brigit Poe, not wholly vampire but fiercely loyal to that shared bloodline, is called into action. She abhors yet cannot deny her destiny: to vanquish the once-great king of the immortals and save the vampire race.<P>Two warriors, equally matched in power and determination, are soon locked in an unwinnable battle, only to discover a passion so shocking it threatens every truth they've ever known?even as they must face one final battle that seems fated to end in death and heartbreak for them both.