Zuan-Ma'r Cromwell is a Vampire Hunter, feared by both the living and dead.
The Shadow Hunter, who has found himself obligated to become darker than the darkness itself.
What else should he do, living in a world where the two have become allies against him?
Despite his abilities, he encounters an enemy whose power exceeds his own, and finds his old life destroyed as he is cast out of his homeland and into an entirely new world.