There is truth to every story.... There are vampires in the swamps of Theriot, Louisiana. But that's not a problem for Charlotte-Rose Sparrow, a gun-slinging southern belle, and her brother Chance, an adventurous athlete with supernatural abilities. Together there is nothing they cannot face, but everything changes when they come across the one monster they cannot beat--the Crimson Fever. Now Chance walks the line between life and death, and Charlotte's only hope of saving him is to walk away from the life she knows and chase after a cure that exists only in legends. Charlotte steps through the gate into Aether, a world of magic and danger, and discovers she's not the only one after the coveted Wishing Stone. With the help of her pistol, her charm, and her friends, Charlotte must face ravenous monsters, an army of vampires, and a sinister plot that could lead to the end of everything she knows.