Four thousand years ago, the long-dead prophets of the vampire clans recorded a prophecy: a chosen woman would one day rise, offering her own blood as sacrifice. Her blood, they wrote, would be as pure and rare as the ancient Silver Sword—the very weapon once used to strike down the strongest of the vampire lords before they were cast out from the land of the living. With a single drop of this sacred blood, the sealed gates beneath the earth would open, awakening the vampires who had been imprisoned by a power only one being in all existence could wield. Their punishment had been eternal slumber for turning humans into livestock and slaves.
Many insist the chosen one must be human, yet according to the visions of the Great Ones, her identity is far more complicated. She is destined to become the key to the vampires' resurrection. The Five Ancient Mountains—also called the Mountains of Life—stand as the most sacred and most fortified place for the impending sacrifice. Their purpose has been guarded as a secret for centuries, known only to a few who swore never to speak of it.
When the vampires rise again, a devastating war between humans and the undead will follow. Some believe that peace might still be possible if both sides agree to a fragile truce and learn to see each other as equals. Others whisper that betrayal is inevitable—that a traitor hidden among them will decide the fate of both worlds before the final battle begins.
At the heart of this prophecy stand two unlikely figures:
Aezil Kiel, heir to the vampire throne, raised beneath the earth in the forgotten kingdom sealed away from human eyes; and
Hazel Alan, considered the weakest of all humans, dismissed as fragile and insignificant even among her own people.
Yet destiny often chooses the least expected. And in this world, weakness can become a weapon far sharper than any ancient sword.