What if you found out you were dying? What if you felt your life was a waste and you longed for companionship? What if you were a vampire? What if you contracted AIDS after feeding on a prostitute and not only had weeks to live? Any of these things could happen to anybody, but all of them happened to Evander Graft. Trying to escape his woes in his last few weeks of life, Evander relocates himself to the sunless town of Pleasant Valley, Alaska, where he hopes to find some meaning in his life. In his expedited soul searching expedition Evander find much more than he expected in the form of a love. Now he is faced with the torture of deciding to die alone, or hurt the only person he has had feelings for in over a century all while trying to defend himself against the locals who suspect him of the mysterious murders that began as soon as Evander Graft showed his face.