In a European city where men rule all the vampire communities, a large new female clan of vampires enter the predominately Gothic metropolis of St. Viktersburg. They are lead by Lynette Borlandavic, a young bold and arrogant Queen who immediately challenges all rival factions for the supremacy of the city. However, a bitter and unexpected conflict with an old adversary erupts when a secret new generation of vampire hunters lead by Thomas Dekane, target them for extinction. The world of the living and the undead collide during a deadly period known as the dark season.