Bly Pharis is dead, a stake driven through her heart. Hope for the birth of the Scarlett Redeemer, immortal slayer of vampires, may have died with her. In the Arizona desert, a supernatural maelstrom builds as warring factions of human and undead strike to either kindle that hope...or see it crushed forever. The newest of the factions is the hi-tech soldiers of S.A.V.E. (Society for Advancement of Vampire Ecology).