Vampirskaia psikhodrama, sozdannaia "poslannitcei okkultnogo mira" enn Rais, stala poistine klassikoi ne tolko zhanra, no i mirovoi literatury. Istoriia vampira, rasskazannaia im samim v narushenie vsekh zapovedei, zavorazhivaet s pervykh stranitc. Gipnoticheskii golos povestvuet o zhizni i nezhizni i, slovno vo sne, perenosit slushatelia to na plantatcii Luiziany, to v Parizh XIX veka, to v krokhotnuiu prikarpatskuiu derevushku... Neuzheli obitateli Mira Tmy - eto voploshchennoe zlo - sposobny, podobno smertnym, stradat i radovatsia, liubit i nenavidet, vechno iskat otvety na vechnye voprosy?