On the eve of their high school graduation, Ryan Elder, his girlfriend Devyn Knightley, and a few of their friends take a fated shortcut through an alley that forever changes their lives. After being attacked by a vampire gang, Ryan and Devyn are separated and helped by two different people; a good samaritan for Devyn, a mysterious shadowy figure with red eyes for Ryan. Will Ryan and Devyn reunite? Who - or what - is the shadowy, red-eyed figure, and what is its connection to the vampires? And what will Ryan learn about the millennia-long search for the Vampire Messiah?