Near Death

In "Near Death," the second installment of Kilpatrick's Power of the Blood World, vampire poet David Lyle Hardwick grapples with his desire for blood in a century-old existence among the undead. Tasked with killing him, the beautiful mortal Zero instead finds herself drawn to David's seductive power, and they embark on a perilous journey to confront his enemies. As their passionate affair intensifies, David's latent fury threatens to awaken a monstrous force within him, endangering everyone around him, including his own kind.