In a world where vampire loyalties run deep, a young vampire’s bloodline makes him a target – and his heart the greatest risk. 

Outed as the son of an influential vampire, Dillon’s no longer the only one in danger. As rebels plan the downfall of his powerful mother, threatening the stability of the vampire world, everything that VAMPS stands for faces jeopardy. With the academy’s second-year students returning, tensions escalate, and vampire loyalties are tested. Sent into the perilous Carpathian Mountains to train with the Vampire Secret Service, Dillon is forced to trust his classmates if he's to survive with his blood intact.  Only when he is confronted with tragedy does Dillon learn that he must embrace both sides of his nature – the darkness and light – or risk losing everything precious to him.