Under the cover of night, the war between vampires and their blood enemies, people without souls - lessers, does not stop in the city. A secret six selected vampire warriors protect their race from merciless killers. Rat, the leader of the Brotherhood of the Black Dagger, is famous for his special hatred of his enemies. Several centuries ago, the lessers dealt with his parents. And now one of his closest friends dies, and the vampire has to introduce his orphaned half-breed daughter into the world of darkness... For the first time in Russian, the first book of the series about the Brotherhood of the Black Dagger, which has sold millions of copies around the world.