Ten thousand years ago, before history began, there was Azharel. The First Vampire. The source of all bloodlines. Betrayed by his children and buried beneath the earth, he was a myth designed to keep young monsters afraid of the dark.Now, a team of geologists has accidentally cracked his tomb. The First King has returned.But the world Azharel wakes up to is not the one he left. Modern vampires live in the shadows of human civilization, trading their ancient ferocity for boardrooms, technology, and fragile peace treaties. They have grown rich. They have grown arrogant. And to the First King, they have grown weak.Azharel issues a single command to his descendants: "Bow. Or burn."When the modern vampire Syndicate refuses to kneel, the First King begins a holy purge. He does not need armies; he can kill with a thought, draining entire clans from across continents. He is unstoppable, determined to reset the world through blood.Caught in the crossfire are three unlikely allies: Dorian Hale: The ruthless leader of the world's largest vampire cartel, who realizes his billions cannot save him from a god.Lucian Crowe: A human scholar who holds the terrifying translation of Azharel's true origin.Elara Voss: A half-breed investigator with no allegiance, who discovers she is the only living being capable of resisting the King's psychic call.But as cities burn and the supernatural world crumbles, Elara uncovers a darker truth. Azharel didn't wake up to rule the world. He woke up to end it.Something else is stirring beneath the Dead Sea. Something older than vampires. Something cosmic and hungry. And the First King is just the waiter preparing the meal.The age of secrets is over. The age of extinction has begun.