In a world where vampires have taken every humble chapel, defiled everygrand cathedral, subdued most nations, and treated every human as cattle,Dumas’ hero musketeers rise to a greater challenge than they ever met intheir original adventures. Athos has spent a decade fighting vampires in theking’s musketeers. He never expected to see his wife again —he’d discovered Charlotte was a vampiric servant, hanged and left for deadten years before — yet it is she who turns Athos into a vampire. Or doesshe? Despite the craving for blood and overwhelming sexual hunger, Athos walksthe fine line between the worlds, remaining human enough to fight vampires. Onlyhis commitment and loyalty to his friends — fellow musketeers Porthos andAramis — and a young Gascon named D’Artagnan, allows him to keep hissoul through an adventure that tests the heights of his heroism and the depth ofhis darkest desires.