Woe to the city where a vampire war begins... Because when two Vampire Masters come into battle, the innocent suffer. And not only the undead - the living. The two Elders, Jean-Claude and Alejandro, fought like knife against knife in a duel for the title of Prince of the city. Force against force. Ages of wisdom versus centuries of cruelty. Death against Death. And the blood will flow and flow, and death will rise over the city - unless the third - Anita Blake, hunter of vampires who have broken the law - enters into the terrible game of two...