Kate didn't have plans of becoming one of the super-strong, photo-phobic blood-suckers during Black October, 2004. These deadly hunters were people changed due to infection with the 'Succedaneum' virus and hence called 'suckers' for short. Kate rather adored her new life and career as a science teacher at Bullsbrook High, a country town in Maine (US).

When the dangerous virus outbreak becomes a pandemic, Kate and her friends flee to a campground to hide. They thought they were safe.

Then things go wrong. Very wrong.

Kate is thrown into...