High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mournsthe death of his mother, with only the books on his shelf forcompany. But those books have begun to whisper to him in thedarkness. Angry and alone, he takes refuge in his imaginationand soon finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. Whilehis family falls apart around him, David is violently propelledinto a world that is a strange reflection of his own -- populatedby heroes and monsters...

Rayne, a half human-half vampire strives to avenge her mother's murder by her father, Kagan, King of the Vampires. With the help of two vampire hunters on her side, will she find the three talismen and stop her father from ruling the darkness forever?