The Tournament of Vamps is about to begin.

The problem? The Champion of House Nobledark is dead.

Now, six months before the Tournament meant to crown the next Vamperion, the ruler of all vampirekind, House Nobledark must find a new champion to take part on their behalf. Their youngest daughter, Livina, finds a champion, but in the most unlikely of places-the outskirts of Serinnic, where the weakest vampires with no noble blood wait to die.

Alden, a slummer, was born with a class, a power thought only accessible to those with noble blood. Even more astonishing, he's unlocked an ability unique to a specialized class-the mighty Vampiric Blade! But with only six months to prepare for a contest that others have trained decades for, has Livina truly found a champion, or a young vampire to slaughter?