There are seven vampires and they take turns to tell their life story..
Robert
The first is Robert, who is unhappy for having been born in a blood-thirsty family that prays on innocent humans Robert, a vegetarian and a pacifist, sees them leaving their cave armed like this:
Tamara
The second is Tamara, a vampire-girl at the MCO (Monster-Child Orphanage) who has a lot of funny –if sometimes scary– friends. Together they will find out a dark secret that lies deep down at the end of these stairs:
Ileana
The third is Ileana. A princes who runs away from home, leaving her enchanted island, and then encounters a lot of dangers and bizarre creatures in a dark and violent world. She meets a unicorn that can communicate telepathically, then a seamstress who used to be a mermaid, a savage girl who is a survivor of terrible mishaps, and a mad scientist…
Beti
Beti si a a girl who is a member of a commando fighting vampires; victim of unhappy circumstance, she ends up having to join her enemies:
Becky
Becky is Beti’s cousin, a Newyorker who did not believe in vampires until she turned herself into one. This makes her discover her supernatural powers. Her invisibility will become a useful weapon to defeat the magic of the Black Diamond..
Her lessons of witches’ flight will also turn out to be useful.
Lola
Lola is a cute cat, whom everyone used to love, who is turned into a vampire-cat as a result of a nefarious experiment. Now hated and despised by all the feline population, she is struggling to find her own place in a world that belongs to the rich and the beautiful.
Fabian
Lord Fabian, the host of the Reunion, is Dracula’s forgotten brother. An eternal loser, he is as merciful and humane as his famous brother was cruel.
Among the novel’s multi-species cast you will encounter witches, tough guys clad in bikers’ suits, kind-hearted dragons, werewolves, mummies, centaurs, minotaurs, snobbish tom-cats, circus people, freedom-loving pirates, karate champion grannies, traitors and villains, but also a lot of heroes and heroines.