IN 18TH CENTURY ROMANIA, RAYNE, A DHAMPIR (HALF-HUMAN,HALF-VAMPIRE), PRONE TO FITS OF BLIND BLOOD RAGE BUT SADDLEDWITH A COMPUNCTION FOR HUMANS, STRIVES TO AVENGE HER MOTHERSRAPE BY HER FATHER, KAGAN, KING OF VAMPIRES. TWO VAMPIREHUNTERS PERSUADE HER TO JOIN THEIR CAUSE.