Steampunk sequel to De Civitate Sanguino. A dark presence hangs over Europe. John Malcolm and Lieutenant Ledbetter, after six months of training are now part of the Shadow Society of Vampire Hunters. They must undergo their first missions in Europe amidst the Prussian War and uncover Earth-shaking conspiracies and awful technologies that will threaten mankind. With new agents in their team, they must find out the meaning behind the Vampire"s Code and the Ares Dispatch that"s circulating in Europe. What they find is more disturbing than what they experienced in Indian Territory and they can"t go back.