Story of a vampire that has created a lover back in the time of silent pictures. The story opens up with them being on the set of DW Griffith's Intolerance. Doud has changed his lover, Sergio. But it seems that Sergio is killing for the thrill of it rather than to stay alive. So Doud deems he needs to kill him. Sergio escapes and returns looking for Doud in the present day. Doud believes that Sergio has come to kill him after this long time. Doud takes his best friend and goes on the run. They get to a house Doud has in Barstow only to find a starving vampire lying in wait for them. This vampire has a message go to Needles, CA. Doud succeeds in overcoming the messenger and goes to Needles. Leaving his friend behind. Sergio in the mean time shows up at the house in Barstow. He convinces Doud's friend that he is in fact not there to kill him but rather to save him from another vampire that Sergio had created. Different take on the vampire mythos that is generally seen and a far cry from more "modern" vampire stories. The book was published in 2006. ( )