Ancient Powers

<p><b>The battle for the soul ofPhoenix is over. </b></p><p>Things in the supernatural worldshould have calmed down but they're heating up. </p><p><i>At Least Dyani and her packare satisfied because everyone else is still out for blood.</i></p><p><b>The bloodbath started by the Kingand the Master isn't over yet. </b></p><p>The death of the vampires' leader hascaused a power vacuum. Any vampire old enough to make a claim for control is crawlingout of the woodwork. </p><p><i>If all the Helsing Society hadto worry about was the vampires things wouldn't be so bad.</i></p><p><b>The timing is almost tooperfect to be a coincidence when Darion Bloom mysteriously appears with the bloodstaff Sangre Drenar in his possession. </b></p><p>With the staff he can force anyvampire to do his bidding. The vampires aren't thrilled with the staff'sreemergence. </p><p><b>If the staff and the vampires aren'tenough to contend with Saul makes a deal with a fairy. </b></p><p>A real-life pointy-eared <i>fairy</i>.Dylan is starting to feel like they've stepped out of the real world and into afantasy story.</p><p><i>Will this latest avalanche ofcalamities be the straw that breaks the Helsing Society's back?</i></p><p><br></p>