Trouble, like rebels, comes not one at a time, but in legions - and Harry Dresden will have to be convinced of the correctness of this saying. The world was swept by a wave of wild, uncontrollable murders committed by vampires - and almost immediately the “night hunters” of the Red College kidnapped his daughter Harry. Coincidence? At first glance, it is difficult to doubt this, because behind the kidnapping is clearly the widow of the vampire killed by Dresden, dreaming of revenge. But Harry is sure: such coincidences do not happen. In fact, they are simply trying to take him out of the game in order to distract him from something else, more important and dangerous...