After a virus wipes out half the city’s vampire population in a single evening, those who survived descend into chaos. The majority of vampires assume it to be work of the Slayers, some mass weaponised version of their Themisium bullets.

Catrina knows exactly what actually happened that night, but whenever she tries to explain it, people immediately forget. And besides, she’s got bigger problems of her own to deal with. If it’s not how she can now hear the thoughts of every human being that comes within a hundred yard radius, it’s the arrival of new vampire, Kamberlan Devaux, who seems to possess abilities to rival her own.