Through the darkness of the thousand-year eclipse they sail, seeking adventure, treasureand blood! In a world ruled by vampires,Empress Nira of the Night Isles has always cared more for sword-fighting and carousing than ruling. But when she escapes a vicious coup by stowing aboardVMS Abyss, a pirate ship run by the mysterious Captain Akeyo, she gets more than she can handle of both. Shemust rise through the ranks of the Vampyrates from lowly swab to queen of the Sea of Nightso the oceans will run red with her vengeance!