As Hitler's forces advance into the bombed-out ruins of Stalingrad, a lone Soviet soldier named Ivan Kuznetsov is about to discover that a far deadlier evil lurks in the shadows. While fortifying his isolated position, Ivan witnesses strange shapes moving with otherworldly speed and menacing eyes glowing red in the darkness. When dogs refuse to approach, and comrades start turning up, drained of blood, chilling rumors circulate among the ranks. Are the old legends true - have vampiric beings emerged to feed amidst the carnage? Ivan finds himself alone against an unholy scourge as the attacks grow bolder. Trapped in a battle between the advancing Nazis and hordes of feral vampires, he must survive the longest and bloodiest battle of WWII. And if the horrors surrounding him don't kill Ivan first, the truth he uncovers along the way just might: these are no mere bloodthirsty beasts but avatars of an ancient evil far darker than any earthly war... Inspired by true battlefield accounts and the occult mysticism surrounding WWII, transports readers back behind one of history's deadliest fronts, where humanity wages war against predatory nightmares from beyond the veil.