Amazon.com description: Product Description: “Stay out of Chicago." Vaughn was told. He should've listened. When Vaughn Hagen goes to Chicago to attend a conference about superhumans, he soon finds himself dealing with a powerful psychic vampire controlling the city. But before he can even begin to deal with the villain, Vaughn is caught in a battle between man and superman that threatens to destroy everyone he loves. Fighting alongside allies both old and new, Vaughn must fight his way through the rising tides of war while contending against not only Sebastian, but also his oldest friend and enemy, Brand Houseman. And before it is over, Vaughn may have to risk the very existence of the Empowered to save Chicago. All he must do is answer the mystery that is Rodina.