There's a new Ancient in town...and he's out for blood. Thirteen years ago, Ahnya Fahre fought for her life on the mean streets of Chicago. Tonight, she's on the run again, this time with a newborn vampire who may be a child of prophecy, destined to destroy the entire Ancient civilization. Desperate to save the child from vengeful enforcers sent by the Ancient's high elder, Ahnya forms an uneasy alliance with the vampires' deadly enemy: a bounty hunter intent upon killing every elder of every clan left on Earth. But when evil comes to her door, Anya will be forced to choose between the man she's come to love and the child she promised to protect. The choice can either save the Ancient's civilization and her own, or serve as the catalyst for the destruction of both worlds.