When lowlife New York hoodlum Hog Bristow tried to muscle in on the Chicago action, Jack Fleming was caught in the middle of a gang war. Jack ended up at the mercy of the sadistic Bristow, who tried to torture him to death—and paid the final, bloody price for pushing a vampire beyond the limits of endurance.
But now, the bill for Jack's act of vengeance is about to come due. The New York bosses can't have their boys being taken out by a meddling outsider like Jack—not without the most serious of reprisals. Jack knows what he�s up against, and normally his vampire powers would protect him. But instead, gripped by blinding seizures and frightening blackouts, he�s becoming a danger to himself. And even worse, a threat to all those around him—both enemies and friends—as his thirst for human blood grows almost beyond his control...