The Pied Piper is legendary for his supernatural ability to catch rats. Of course--he's a vampire; rats, bats, wolves, and humans all fall prey to his command. It's a lucrative living until he loses his temper over a payment dispute and takes revenge...
Amandine Sand lives to fly. Unfortunately, she's hobbled by a life-threatening secret: she's one of the spotted humans wrongly accused of being a plague carrier. These "leopards" are hunted by zealots to protect their offworld colony from the scourge...