Meet Nathaniel Cade, the ultimate secret agent: the President's vampire. His new partner is White House staffer Zach Barrows, startled to learn about Cade's identity. As they investigate a shadowy conspiracy and a plot to attack the country with a gruesome new biological weapon, Zach learns just how dangerous – and strange – the world actually is. "A killer plot hook... [He] keeps the narrative pace revved high and the wisecracks snapping."—San FranciscoChronicle