Exeter, vampire capital of the New Worlda] New Englanders of an unenlightened age held Exeter to be the hub of malevolent nocturnal predators. The persistence of time has eroded such superstition to the faded edge of our subconscious recollectionsa] The hollow threat of the supernatural no longer looms in the autumn darkness. But in 1996 something returned from beyond the fog of our perception, something malignant and ravenous, that sought nothing but to spread its consumption in the night. Robert Wilton, a self-proclaimed vampire hunter, has never encountered anything beyond naturea] until now. As he reaches the brink of bankruptcy, he finds his troubles have only just begun. In this lawless wilderness, a king of the undead begins his crusade of decaya] Through the dense forest of Arcadia Park, the merciless roar of a 350 engine announces the start of another bloody night.