The story continues in the underground galleries of filthy sewers and dark alleys of the city. Sykes has met a secret community of run-away Children of Cain, vampires who have chosen to stay hidden from their brothers. Both lives of Julie and Sykes have changed in ways they had never imagined. They shall both learn to master their new skills in order to fight The First War. After their first encounter, the enemy has come closer, and after all these years, it is time for Julie to leave the protective grip of the old lord of darkness, a mentor who has saved her from the claws of an ancient beast. The secret of both existences has been revealed to all the dark creatures of the Old, but it does not matter, for a war is about to decide the future of all immortals. But if the general of flames succeeds, who do you think shall be his slaves? Imagine a time in which the vampire would rule the earth.