TreasureLine Books

What happens when you want to do the will of God, but are cursed for all eternity?

Hungary, 1640. A village priest, enamored with his God and loyal to his sheep, awakens in the night to the sound of screaming and the pungent smell of smoke; the village is on fire. After a vain search for survivors among those who call the chapel home, in his own sanctuary he is confronted by a dark creature with sharp teeth and red eyes. With the stab of the demon’s fangs, the priest is transformed from a servant of good to an unwilling agent of evil.

Present day. Four centuries pass, and Dr. Mark Corescu, that same village priest who no longer recalls his origins, is taking care of business. Using his high position in the medical community, Corescu is able to maintain a mortal façade as he pursues his true calling. Convinced that he is doing God’s will, Corescu seeks out evil men and women and feeds his lust on their blood. In a ritual he has dubbed the Judging, he condemns and kills them, one a night, and he never goes hungry. He feels neither guilt nor remorse. He believes he is serving a Higher Purpose.

Artist and equestrian hobbyist, Hope Brannen, falls for the doctor at first sight. Congruently, Corescu falls for her, believing that she has been sent by God to aid him in his divine calling. Although she is not religious, Hope knows deep down that her new boyfriend is not an agent of God but rather a real-life vampire. When things get too heavy, she turns to her seminary-going pal Tony Agricola for advice.

As the story’s only truly righteous character, Tony recognizes immediately that the doctor has incorrectly discerned the will of God. Prodded by Hope, he agrees to speak to him face-to-face about the matter. He discovers in their initial meeting that the doctor has suppressed his past. Slowly through painful flashbacks the doctor is reminded of his days as a humble village priest, as well as the time he spent in the clutches of the darkest creature imaginable. Steering the vampire down memory lane is difficult and risky but Tony does his best to correct the doctor’s faulty theology. At the same time Corescu’s perfect world is falling apart.

Persevering through dangerous and perilous encounters with the vampire’s immortal contemporaries, Tony shows the vampire the error of his ways. But just because his eyes are opened does not necessarily mean that his ways are easily changed.