A long-lost father. A world of nightmares. And sorcery. Let's not forget the sorcery..

Randall Carter lost his father when he was ten. Not to accident or to crime, but to nothingness. Randall's brother Kieran swears dad left mum for another woman, but the truth is he disappeared and not even the police could find him.

Ellis O'Neill has everything he never wanted: power; responsibility; guilt. A seat on the Council, a fledgling under his wing, and the crawling fear that in fighting monsters he may well have already become one.

As vampires across London disappear one by one, Ellis' power becomes a sought-after commodity. But when the visions he receives are too much like his nightmares, facing the darkness might fall to Randall alone...