A peace-loving vampire escapes a brutal tyrant far out in deep space by jumping ship. The legendary Captain Annamantha Hollander of the United Naval Space Force and the crew of her vessel, the Brigadier, find him floating in the deep and pull him in. They thaw him and offer him refuge. Captain Hollander spends time with him. She begins with questions about how he ended up where he was. The description he offers her of the horrors he has been through draws her to him, and she begins telling him about herself and her history as a warrior. In the end, she tells him her role in the Vampire Wars and how brutally effective she had been in that role. The Messiah of Death is a tale of romance, violence, horror, tragedy, and loss. It is also a tale of finding your true calling and learning to hold on to your humanity in the face of unprecedented horror and unspeakable surroundings.