Marcus's comfortable life is suddenly shattered and his whole family's safety is threatened. One evening, out for a quiet drink with his best friend, Marcus experiences such a horrifying ordeal and suffers such terrifying anger that he is unable to distinguish between hallucination and reality. As these frightening events develop, Marcus wonders if they are the result of a vengeful curse put on him and his childhood friends many years earlier. The race is now on for Marcus to trace his friends. Is it too late or can Marcus break the power of the curse before he and his family are destroyed?

Nina Jackson is an ordinary 13 year old girl living with her family in Brighton. One evening, while doing her homework, she transforms into a vampire for the first time. After attacking people in the street to feast on their blood, Nina has to find out why. She must discover a way to stop it happening before even more people get hurt. Nina's battle against vampires and her own vampirism takes her and her friends on a perilous journey far from home.