Vampire Century: Hunter Rick

Legend has it that the thirteen clans of the Blood Race once waged a thousand-year holy war. The conflict threatened humanity's survival, and so the profession of vampire hunter came into being. The hunters disrupted the war, leaving fewer than one-tenth of the Blood Race's members alive. To avoid extinction, the thirteen clans formed an alliance. But this was not what the Thirteen Ancients wanted. One of them once declared: When I awaken, there will be no more night in this world. The blazing sun will hang high overhead, turning mortals to vapor and the Blood Race to pine dust. When the gods reclaim the world, all that will remain is scorched earth.

The 21st century is the time when the Thirteen Ancients awaken, and so this century is known as the Vampire Century. Why did the Blood Race go from noble demons to a despised people? Where did Cain go after the holy war? In the second holy war of the Vampire Century, which of the Thirteen Ancients will rise to the top? What secret identity does the hunter named "Rick" conceal?

The thirteen clans, lesser vampires, werewolves, vampire hunters, the federal army: all the great powers collide. This century is rife with fangs and blood, saturated with battle and war. It is an ordinary, unassuming beginning, a group of fearless hunters who have nothing to lose, a war between the Blood Race and the blood hunters, and an ending that you can guess, yet still get wrong…