Vampire hunter Anita Blake has always were able to overcome everything she encounters. But this time there’s a monster that actually she doesn’t know how to fight…

A remote Florida isle is the ideal wedding ceremony destination for the upcoming nuptials of Anita’s fellow U.S. Marshal and best friend, Edward. For Anita, the vacation is a welcome break, as it’s the initial trip she reaches take with just wereleopards Micah and Nathaniel. But it’s not all fun and games and bachelor parties…

With this about Serpentine tropical paradise, Micah discovers a horrific new form of lycanthropy, one which has afflicted a single family for generations. Thought to be the result of an ancient Greek curse, it turns human bodies right into a mass of snakes.

When long-simmering resentment leads to a huge blow-up within the wedding party, the last thing Anita needs is even more drama. Nonetheless it finds her anyhow when women start disappearing through the hotel, and even worse, her own friends and lovers are the best suspects. There’s a unusual power afoot that Anita hasn’t confronted before, a drive that’s making those around her helpless. Unable to face it on her own, Anita is definitely willing to acknowledge help from actually the deadliest areas. Help that she’ll most definitely regret-if she survives in any way, that is definitely…