My name is John Cook, and my life began the day my heart stopped beating.

King Oberon is betrayed by the Queens of Faerie and imprisoned in Mab’s dungeon.

Give a man no way out, and eventually, no price is too high for revenge. That stands doubly true for a king. Nobody puts Obee in a corner...cell. So, the raging king forms a malevolent alliance, letting everyone know that if he can’t wear the crown....

No one will. The world be damned.

Meanwhile, the Shadow Court has sent their deadliest assassin to execute John by any means necessary - with the intent of smothering all of creation in absolute blackness. And there is some featureless, creepy black cat seeming to stalk our friendly neighborhood vampire. Aren’t they bad luck?

With the fate of the entire universe on the line, will John have the strength to withstand the darkest collective forces of the known and unknown universe? Can he scale that figurative mountain? Or will crippling self-doubt weaken his grip and send him plummeting down into a trench of endless agony and overwhelming despair?

Oh, and John gets a shiny new hammer and a snazzy suit. Except it might be more of a curse than a blessing. Because he’s pretty sure it’s trying to take control of his body and mind....

And a vampire out of control can turn city streets into rivers of blood.