In a frozen wilderness plunged into darkness, the lines between good and evil, lover and enemy were never black or white, but always tinged with the shades of midnight. Something inhuman prowls the icy wilds of Alaska, leaving hideous carnage in its wake. ways. For seasoned pilot Alexandra Maguire, the murders bring back memories of a horrifying incident she witnessed as a child, and an inexplicable sense of foreignness that she has long felt within herself but did not understand... until a darkly seductive stranger, with secrets of his own, enters the her life. Sent from Boston on a mission to investigate savage attacks and stop the slaughter of vampire warrior Cade, he has his own reasons for returning to the cold, inaccessible place of his birth. Haunted by a secret shame, Cade soon realizes the overwhelming danger he faces—a danger that will jeopardize the fragile bond he has forged with the courageous, determined young woman who awakens his deepest passions and primal hungers. But with Alex trapped in his world of blood and darkness, Cade must confront not only his own personal demons, but also a much greater evil that could destroy everything he holds dear.