Life in Los Angeles was rough, but at least Ramona knew who and what to keep out of the way of: gangs, pimps, drugs. All that changed the night of her Embrace. She was left alone and starving. Hunger drove her to hunt for blood. Conscience drove her away from her family for fear of what she might do. Her only teachers were instinct along with trial and error. Survival was a nightly struggle. Eventually, Ramona found others like herself--Eddie, Jen, Darnell--but they were young and ignorant like her. All that they knew was that there was worse out there in the night, monsters that called themselves the Sabbat.

So the foursome headed east hoping to find something different. But different wasn't better. In Texas, a lupine ripped Eddie to shreds. In New York, the Sabbat was still lurking in the shadows. Every night is still a struggle to survive.