In the town of Morganville, vampires and humans have learnt to live in relative peace .Still ,Claire Danvers knows that after dark,her homework can take a backseat to staying alive. But this tenuous harmony is turned on its head with the arrival of Mr Bishop . Bad to the bone ,the ancient old school vampire cares nothing about keeping peace ,staying at the top of the food chain is enough. What he wants from the town's living and dead is unthinkably sinister .It's only at a formal ball attended by vampires and their human dates that Claire realizes Bishop's plan and the elaborately evil trap he's set for the warm blooded souls of Morganville...