Victoria Gardella is a vampire slayer, balancing her life as a peer of Society with the dangerous role that takes her out on moonlit streets, stake in hand. Now, in Italy, a ruthless enemy is amassing the power to control the souls of the dead. As Victoria races across Europe to stop what could be the most deadly army vampire hunters have ever faced, her unlikely companion is Sebastian Vioget, a man as tempting as he is devious. But when Victoria discovers that she has been betrayed by one of her most trusted allies, she realises that her life will never be the same again.