William Bandy has lived like a prisoner in the Red City, and he has seen it rise from the ashes of Los Angeles like a great and bloody phoenix under the command of new and monstrous vampiric lords. Kept alive against his will, the monstrous Nobility have apparently decided to give him peace – but the last American mortal in the city be allowed the death he so dearly desires, or is it just another cruel game to be played by his immortal tormentors?