The gripping sequel to John Michael Curlovich's best-selling "Blood of Kings," found 21-year-old Jamie Dunn desperately searching for his lover and mentor Danilo Semenkaru, a charismatic vampire who had initiated Jamie into a blood cult of ancient kings before vanishing. Jamie returns to Egypt, the place he last saw Danilo, and uncovers a plot by rival immortals to gain power over a fundamentalist Christian organization. Can he stop their plans and save his lover or will he have to choose between love and power?

John Michael Curlovich is the author of "Blood of Kings." Under the name Michael Paine, he has published "Steel Ghosts," "Cities of the Dead," "Owl Light," and "The Colors of Hell."