Match Lawson: A cynical, wise-cracking vampire charged with protecting the Balance-the secret existence of a competition of living vampires which have evolved alongside humanity for thousands of years.

A fixer. Part-spy, and part-commando-James Relationship with fangs. Lawson mixes shrewd cunning with unrivaled lethality to get his job completed. He attempts his best to dismantle conspiracies, dispatch criminals, and live long enough to get home.

Arvella: A power-hungry member of the vampire governing body, the Council. She wants absolute power and can stop at nothing to get it. Even if it means kidnapping a kid.

Jack port: Naive and innocent, but filled with an awesome power to conjure the spirits of deceased vampires and make sure they are do his bidding. When his dad is mistakenly killed, Jack is by itself. Unprotected.

Petrov: A traitor to the reason, bent to Arvella’s can, he’ll perform anything she asks.

Today Lawson’s got one opportunity to rescue Jack-even if it means journeying halfway around the world to do it.