“An intriguing narrative turn that ignites a riveting final act and an unforgettable ending… with a standout cast and a grand denouement.” —Kirkus Reviews Hiding in the darkness a predator with piercing eyes, lethal teeth, and an insatiable bloodlust stalks his victims. An aberration possessing both vampire and human traits is the only threat to his reign of terror. Suspense, horror, romance and courage merge in this refreshing approach to the vampire genre, chronicling the birth of the vampire existence to a present-day elite family of vampires living an esteemed life anonymously among humans…until their existence is challenged by a sadistic member of their own family who is determined to become master of a new world order. Yearning for the Light: Curse of the Vampire is told from the perspective of the vampire family’s patriarch Sam Belzar, a beloved history professor who teaches at the University of Michigan. Within his vampire lineage walks Fredrick, the personification of pure evil, a fiend who ignores his family’s norms and is willing to eradicate any human or vampire who opposes his insurrection of horror. Two university students—Drew Owens and Meg Larson—become entrapped in a labyrinth of terror where a mistake means certain death, not only for themselves, but also for the human species. A mutation combining both human and vampire traits is the only hope as unlikely allies risk everything to stop the predator before it’s too late.