Stefan is an author as well as a father that has survived not only the 
seemingly violent death of his only child, but the break up of his marriage as 
well.

Stefan is at a book convention selling his daughters possessions to the 
people she loved most and the ones that would most care for them. Stefan meets 
a strange fellow that asks him to meet him one night, a fellow calls himself 
Dimitri and dresses as a vampire, but of course that is what this whole 
convention is about, being what you are not. Or is he really a vampire?

Stefan meets Dimitri at his house. Not only does he meet Dimitri but he 
meets Miquel. That is when the truth hits him, these people don't just think 
that they are vampires, they really are vampires. Stefan talks to Dimitri and 
Miquel and finally he agrees to the change. Really why shouldn't he what has 
he got left? His child and marriage are both dead, so why not? Although at 
the last moment Stefan puts up a fight it is already to late and he is changed 
into a vampire.

It seems that becoming a vampire isn't all that much different. At least 
in terms of what is real and isn't. At first Stefan is told there is no heaven 
or hell, no afterlife and that god doesn't even exist. Then he is told heaven 
is there but it is empty. But without hell how can there be heaven? Without 
God or a hereafter how can heaven be there but empty? These are all 
complexities to the story that show when it comes to creation and the ever 
after there are actually no answers. It seems that is what a lot of the 
vampires dedicate their undead lives to, to try and find some of these 
answers. But will they? Are there even any answers? 

There are many things that Miquel neglected to tell Stefan before the 
change like the dream. The dream is what a vampire must have every night for 
eternity. He must relive the night of his death for the rest of his time on 
earth. Another thing Miquel neglected to tell Stefan is the love hate 
relationship that goes on between a vampire and his creator. 

As a vampire Stefan learns many things about himself and the other 
vampires in the house. Seems that another thing that Miquel is the one who 
killed his daughter. So now Stefan must go through his vampire life hating but 
at the same time loving his creator and his daughters' killer at the same 
time. How can he possibly love the man who killed his daughter? How can he 
come to terms with this dilemma? How can he not hate Miquel? 

There seems to be quite a lot of things vampires need to learn. One thing 
they do learn though is that vampire love is much more intense then human love 
and much more intricate. The love of a vampire tends to transcend gender 
although the genders to tend to live separate from each other. The males seem 
to have their residence and life and the females theirs, and the females don't 
all seem to be as find of Miquel. One female in particular seems to have a 
lethal grudge against Miquel. A grudge that eventually leads to the death of 
an innocent.

Although the book is unique in its way of looking at vampires and their 
turmoil's it may not be for everyone. Many will find the uniqueness alluring, 
there are some very erotic scenes with same gender vampires that may be 
objectionable to some. I personally didn't have a problem with it. The book 
was due to the complexities a bit of a slower read for me.