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A world where humans are nearly extinct and everything is built around vampires is what Gene, disguising his humanity, is used to. His efforts at evading attention are undone when he's drafted to hunt the few remaining people. Significant plot holes and convenient forgotten elements mar what is otherwise a creative and clever look at what vamps would do if they ran the world.