With the nations of the Earth still in chaos, The Coven-the secret society of Russian vampires-are eager to fill the power vacuum following the fall of the evil Shadow Lord, Gargos. Their leader, the Vampire Tsar, has a hunger for the mega-corporation Ultratech - but the corporation's CEO-the artificial intelligence, ARIA-is not in the mood for a hostile takeover. Meanwhile the warrior Jago has renounced violence-but how long that will last when the Vampire Tsar's Wendigo assassins catch up with him?