Three young doctor--their hopes, their dreams, their unexpected de-sires. Each one is confronted by something which challenges them to look inside, at themselves and their beliefs.

Alex Cross has never believed in vampires. But when two joggers are found slain in a manner that suggest a macabre ritual, he has to reconsider. someone believes in vampires enough to have committed a series of bizarre murders that appear to be the work of one. Local police are horrified, and even the FBI is baffled.