After the death of his half brother, Stefan, at the hands of Vlad Tsepesh - also known as Dracula - and after the destruction of his vampire father, Arkady, also at the hands of Vlad, Abraham Van Helsing has traveled the world slaying many vampires. With every vampire he destroys, Bram becomes stronger and Vlad weaker, and soon Bram hopes to kill finally the fearsome vampire who has kept the Tsepesh family enslaved through a centuries-old blood ritual.But a desperate Vlad and his vampire great-niece, Zsuzsanna, summon help from the most powerful, brutal, and beautiful vampire of all - Countess Elisabeth of Bathory. Bram aligns himself with a courageous band of humans as he hunts Vlad and they finally succeed in killing the head of the Tsepesh clan, just as Bram Stoker foretold in Dracula. But the terror does not end with the death of Vlad, for there is another force that drives Vlad, Zsuzsanna, Elisabeth, and all the vampires in the world, an ancient entity more evil than anything Bram has ever encountered: the lord of the vampires. And for Bram to defeat this Dark Lord, he must once again risk losing his very soul, to save not only his family, but humanity as well. Read Less