Savannah Dupree is a first-year student at Boston University on a fully funded basis. But academic success is only one of her talents. Savannah has something more amazing than a sharp mind and an insatiable thirst for knowledge. With a simple touch, she can see the past of any object - an ability that will put her life in danger when her studies lead her to a centuries-old English sword and its terrible secrets.

In all his three hundred years of life as a member of the Family, the vampire warrior Gideon could not even imagine that he would again see this sword, which several centuries ago took the lives of his little brothers in London. After the boys' deaths, Gideon set himself the goal of ridding the world of the Outcasts. But now he can't help but wonder whether the brutal murder was something more sinister - a carefully planned act carried out by an unknown enemy. An enemy apparently living and hiding somewhere in Boston. There was only one way to confirm Gideon's suspicions, but that meant he had to use the innocent, gifted Savannah to find out the truth. A truth that would change everything she knew about herself and the world around her. And with danger lurking on all sides, the passion that will ignite between Savannah and Gideon will tempt them to risk their hearts and lives for a love that could last forever...