The Vatican's finest supernatural investigator is back! It's time to reacquaint yourself with Devlin Waugh -- aesthete, athlete, wit ... and vampire! Following his unwilling conversion to vampirism, Devlin's social life has been ruined. Unable to walk in daylight, Waugh has instead retired, becoming solitary and bitter. But now something from Devlin's past is coming, something terrible, and Devlin must steel himself for action once more.