Die Susswasserfische Von Mitteleuropa (1863)

Losing his father at the hands of an evil occultist, Mathias a Templar in training will do anything to strike back and fight the dark. But when a bloodless body is found the investigation leads him to a young woman called Ruth who is tired of being afraid, and a rogue vampire with a knack for attracting attention. Knowing this to be a rare possibility his suspicions are confirmed when he finds an entire brood, led by no ordinary Master vampire, as this is an agent of the Lord Sinister, the evil occultist responsible for the death of Mathias’s father.