The vampire Michael Steadler is a womanizing, somewhat shallow man who spends his nights painting, hunting, hanging out in his favourite bar and little else. His maker, Simon Marsaille, pops up one night at the worst possible moment as is his trademark, to announce the arrival of the Inquisition, the finest hunters of supernatural creatures known to man. What first seems to be a dark but insubstantial threat to his quiet, egocentric life will most...