"If you are a fan of Jim Butcher and the Dresden Files, you will enjoy Mark Everett Stone's work." -Fantasy Book Review He has had many names, Frank Vickers, Fred Vaughn, Vince Fredricks, but this ancient immortal is better known as the monster who inspired Mary Shelly. Struggling to atone for past sins, he is forced by the Vatican to locate the infamous Book of Ur, an artifact so powerful it could usher in the Apocalypse. With agents Carter and Branch at his side, he takes on the great evils of the world in the quest to find the book while ruminating on a past filled with strife and sorrow. Can a man who considers himself a monster summon the wherewithal to work with those who despise him to find the book, or will he have to go through the body count of a long and bloody history?