In a desolate orphanage in what remains of post-Communist Romania, a
desperately ill infant is given the wrong blood transfusion - and
flourishes when he's supposed to die. The discovery of his unique immune
system may hold the key to the long-awaited cure for cancer and AIDS.
For a dedicated American doctor, he promises the medical breakthrough of
a lifetime, as well as a very special love she's never been able to
find. But he also conceals a shockingly intimate link to a clan of
vampires and their legendary leader - the fiend the world calls Vlad
Dracula, who, for centuries, has triumphed over countless rival tyrants,
including death itself...