Book 11 of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series

Anita Blake is about to learn what it's like to be at the new end of a centuries old bloodline - and how far she'll let herself be pushed around.

How the mighty have fallen! Once a sworn enemy of all vampires, Anita is now the human consort of both Jean-Claude, the Master of the City, and Micah, the leopard shapeshifter. But her love doesn't stop there. It can't. For Anita - not quite as she once was - is consumed by both the lusts of the vampire and the primal hungers of the wereleopards. Desires that must be sated - time and time again.

But it is Jean-Claude who needs her now. His oldest ancestor has sent one of her vicious and powerful underlings to St. Louis, putting Jean-Claude and his clan on the defensive. Unsure of where she stands with the interloper, Anita finds herself tested as never before - needing all the dark forces her passion can muster to save the ones she loves the most.