Blood ran Cold is a dark novel that takes place in a different version of our earth, one where supernatural feats can be achieved through many different means...

Mort Emory just reached the age of 19 when he enters the bar called "Burning Sensation". He sits down and asks the barwoman for a drink so that he can drink his pain away they. She pours him a one and they share a few good moments until a cloaked woman enters the bar...