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It was too late to save him.It was too late for him to want to be saved.Nice guy Nick, ex-cop, decorated vet...was no more.Nick Tanaka has been missing for months.After that mess on the Thai island of Koh Mangaan, Miri and Black search for Nick all over Europe, following every lead, every rumor or trail they can run down.Those footsteps are rapidly fading, though.Miri has to face facts.Nick is probably dead.Whether the vampires killed him, or he died in that fire on Koh Mangaan, she might never know.She and Black return to the United States, back to San Francisco, back to the reality of her Uncle Charles and the civil war he's brought to American soil.Charles wants nothing more than to wipe out the vampire race, and he's willing to enslave or kill every human on the planet to do it.As his newly-founded Purity Movement starts riots in several states, the unrest moves closer to Black and Miri, even as Charles continues to pressure them to join the war on his side.The vampires are worried about Charles, too--so worried, their king contacts Black, wanting an alliance. In return, he promises news on Nick.It's an offer Miri can't refuse.THE QUENTIN BLACK SERIES encompasses a number of dark, gritty paranormal mystery arcs with science fiction elements, starring brilliant and mysterious Quentin Black and forensic psychologist Miriam Fox. For fans of realistic paranormal mysteries with romance elements, the series spans continents and dimensions as Black solves crimes, takes on other races and tries to keep his and Miri's true identities secret to keep them both alive.