When a Druid has lived for two thousand years like Atticus, he's bound to run afoul of a few - or a legion of - vampires. Even his former friend and legal counsel turned out to be a bloodsucking backstabber. Now the toothy troublemakers, led by power-mad Theophilus, have become a huge problem, and it's time to make a stand. Atticus wouldn't mind a little backup, but his allies have problems of their own. Ornery archdruid Owen Kennedy is having a wee bit of troll trouble, and Granuaile, desperate to free herself of the Norse god Loki's mark, comes face-to-face with several Slavic nightmares. As Atticus globetrots to stop his nemesis Theophilus, the journey leads to Rome. What better place to end an immortal than the Eternal City? But poetic justice won't come without a price: In order to defeat Theophilus, Atticus may have to lose an old friend.