An evil being has been sealed away for centuries in a sarcophagus never
meant to be opened, waiting patiently for his chance to rise again. Now,
brought to the Egyptology Department of Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum,
the seals and spells that imprisoned him chipped away from his
discoverers, he has reached forth to claim the minds and souls of
Toronto's unsuspecting citizens. And only three people have any sense
that something is wrong....
For Henry Fitzroy, it begins with terrifying images of the sun, a marker
of death for a vampire. Fearing for his sanity, he turns to his
sometimes-lover, private investigator Vicki Taylor, for help. As the two
struggle to cope with Henry's obsession, Vicki's closest friend and
former partner, Mike Celluci, is following up on two mysterious deaths
at the museum, certain that a force from beyond the grave is responsible
for everything.