The men and women of E-Branch and the new Necroscope, Jake Cutter, are anxious to findand destroythe Wamphryi trio who are intent on converting Earth into a vampire hunting ground. E-Branch action teams have almost more on their plates than they can handlelocating renegade communists who threaten nuclear homicide; cooperating with Gustav Turchin, head of Russias mindspy organization, in trying to permanently close the Gate between the Wamphyri world and Earth; analyzing the spore plague; and always, always hunting the Wamphyri.