As the vampire warriors defend their competition against their slayers, one male’s loyalty towards the Dark Dagger Brotherhood will be tested in this breathtaking novel in J. R. Ward’s #1 New York Instances bestselling paranormal love series.

Caldwell, New York, has long been the battleground for the vampires and their opponents. It’s also where Rehvenge provides staked out his turf as a medication lord and owner of a notorious nightclub that caters to the wealthy and heavily armed. His dangerous status is exactly why he’s approached to eliminate the leader of the Dark Dagger Brotherhood-Wrath, the Blind Ruler.

Rehvenge can be used to surviving in the shadows and keeping his range in the Brotherhood. Like a symphath, his identity is a fatal secret-the revelation of that will bring about his banishment. But mainly because Rehvenge is pulled into plots both within and outside of the Brotherhood, he changes to the just source of light in his darkening globe. Ehlena is certainly a vampire untouched from the corruption which has its hang on him-and the thing standing up between Rehvenge and eternal damage…