Werewolf Jason tried for many years to lead the life of an ordinary person. And therefore, when he arrived in his hometown to see his dying father and asked Anita Blake to accompany him, there were no signs of trouble. However, trouble comes unexpectedly. Marmee Noir, the most ancient and powerful of the world's vampires, who had been sleeping for centuries in a crypt somewhere in Europe, woke up and began to act. She has already managed to break the connection between Anita and her lover, the vampire master Jean-Claude. And now she delivers blow after blow. Anita is cut off from her friends - the "night hunters". She will have to face terrible danger alone...