It seems the action never stops in Morganville. And what's more, it never stops getting more intense either.

Claire thought that the cold ice queen Amelie was the scariest vampire in town. But now her father, Bishop, and his two servants have arrived, and Claire is forced to seriously rethink that notion.

Bishop plays by no rules, and holds not even the tiniest shred of humanity or fair play in his nature. He has come to Morganville to stir things up...and he will succeed. Because the town is holding a ceremonial feast to welcome him, where vampires are required to bring human dates. But behind the ceremony lurks deadly intent...and Claire and the others have to find out what it is before it's too late.

In this riveting and suspenseful continuation of this great vampire series, the delicate chess game between human and vampire in Morganville is about to be overturned. And the most shocking thing about Bishop's frightening arrival may be that it places the town's living and the undead on the same side.

Just like the others, this book had almost nonstop action, but that didn't stop it from being great character-wise as well. Everyone else gets a bit more developed, and it's easy to like almost everyone, from Claire's fiercely loyal Glass House friends to the always ambiguous but oddly endearing vampires like Myrnin, Amelie, Oliver, and Sam. And from the continuing cliffhanger ending, it's easy to see this is just the beginning of something much bigger.