Washington DCampmdashcapital of an empire Powerful Exhilarating Corrupt And in the shadows vampires far older than the nation itself A power unto himself Duncan has served at Raphaelamprsquos side for a hundred and fifty years But longlaid plans have finally borne fruit and the time has come for Duncan to leave Raphael and tackle the greatest challenge of his life He will face treacherous vampires and murderous humans He will rock the halls of human power if necessary but Washington DC will be his Emma Duquet cares nothing for vampire politics She just wants to find her missing roommate and best friend Lacey But Lacey has been playing with vampires of a particularly dangerous kind and Emma will have to deal with the new vampire in town if sheamprsquos going to find her friend Battling powerful enemies who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets Duncan and Emma will dig beneath the corruption and depravity that is Washington DC and uncover the most heinous conspiracy of all
