About the book: 2009 / It all started with an archaeological discovery near Gettysburg, which turned the peaceful life of this American city upside down. In one of the coffins found by archaeologists, there was hidden a force that only yearned to get out of the darkness and into freedom. Federal agent James Arkley and his assistant Laura Caxton will need superhuman efforts to prevent the victorious march of vampires, bringing death to all living things..