


The huge cast of characters is difficult to sort out without actually keeping notes. Now that Dante has announced publicly that he is both a Fallen and a True Blood, everyone is after him for access to his powers. In this book, we follow many, many story threads as we follow the events that involve Dante, Heather, Dante's friends, Annie (Heather's sister), Dante's kidnappers, Heather's kidnappers, the Shadow Branch (SB) villains, the FBI villains, the local Vampire Lord (who wants to bind Dante to him), a Fallen Angel (who also wants to bind Dante), and various others who have their own nefarious agendas (including a sea monster). The action begins immediately after the climactic events of the previous novel when Heather's treacherous father kidnapped her, shot Dante multiple times with specially poisoned bullets, and burned down Dante's nightclub in New Orleans.
