Britain is on the verge of collapse when Banes Intuneric is called back to London for unfinished business. Banes is too fond of humanity for his own good. That doesn't stop Khalida and her group of hunters from blackmailing him to spy on his own kind so they can more swiftly kill them.What neither of them anticipated was to discover a powerful vampire organisation, set on corrupting and controlling Britain so that vampires can eat disenfranchised humans en masse. Both Khalida and Banes become quickly embroiled in the core power struggles as people from their pasts are now powerful figures within the organisation.One wants to stay and fight, the other wants to cut their losses and run. Something will have to give. But all meat will rot the same.