Vampires Inc.

"Vampires, Inc." is the first novel of a trilogy that follows the stories of the
twenty-two-year-old vampire Adrian Shadowhawk and his mentor Eli Howard.

These are not your classic vampires. They don't have fangs (regrettably for some);
they're not predators. They still require human blood (voluntary donations), but they
also eat regular food. They have telepathic powers. And they are mortal.

Thousands of vampires exist in the world. At one time normal humans, now they are
infected with a unique, transmissible-by-blood virus that has changed them into
what they are. For centuries, most vampires have lived a peaceful existence in
secret among humans.

A hundred and forty years ago, Eli Howard murdered his slaveholder's family during
the temporary madness brought on by the infection. In 1905, he helped quell in a
violent conflict started in Europe against humans by dissident vampires. Since
then, Eli has kept to himself, trying to erase the violence in his past. He teaches at a
Detroit college, to help humans better themselves. Adrian Shadowhawk, on the
other hand, is less judicious in his behavior and flaunts what he is to his human
friends.

Then Cyrus Hayes, the vampire behind the murder of Eli's first love, arrives in
Detroit. On a quest to make vampires the master race, Cyrus performs
unconscionable experiments on humans. With the future of humans and vampires at
stake, Eli can no longer stay in the background.