Though Carrie has involuntarily joined the ranks of the undead, she still clings to the tattered shreds of her humanity. With Cyrus, her first sire, dead, Carrie settles into a comfortable routine with her new sire and lover Nathan. Inexplicably, Nathan becomes possessed and starts killing humans, so a bounty is put on his life. His friend, Max, is ordered to terminate on sight. Not trusting Max to get the job done, the "Voluntary Vampire Extinction Movement" hires another assassin to make sure the kill order is carried out. Then Carrie discovers that Cyrus is still alive and, along with Nathan, part of the plan for a master vampire, known as the Soul Eater, to become a god. Now, even though Carrie hates and fears him, Cyrus has become key to Nathan's survival. She races across country to kidnap him and bring him home.

Abandoned, betrayed and then murdered by his fledgling, things couldn't get much worse for Cyrus. Oh wait, yes they can. His father, the Soul Eater, hires a witch to bring him back through the veil and into the world from which he was so rudely and painfully expelled. And the irony keeps on coming. Cyrus has come back as a human. Cyrus is a key ingredient in his father's master plan, and with a nickname like the Soul Eater, you know dear old dad's not planning peace on earth, good will towards men. Struggling against his humanity, Cyrus seriously thinks about killing the woman who once betrayed him and now has rescued him from the gang of vamps keeping him prisoner in the desert. For Cyrus' rescue has come at a terrible price and he places the blame squarely (and rightfully) at Carrie's door.

After Cyrus' rescue/kidnap, he and Carrie race back to Michigan where Max and a rogue werewolf assassin, Bella, have captured Nathan and are keeping him sedated. Once they decipher the hex that's been cast on Nathan, the four of them come up with a crazy and dangerous plan to break the Soul Eater's spell. Once again, a terrible price is demanded of the group.

Violent, exhilarating and heartbreaking. There's the struggle to retain humanity even as it slips steadily away. The struggle for redemption. A once-bad man trying to be good. A woman in love with a man who still loves a woman dead many years.

Unrequited love, lost love and love rejected. This is a familiar story in many respects if you're a fan of vampire fiction, but it's a good story and one well-told. No final conclusion at the end of POSSESSION; there's still more to tell as these lonely people, who once were a strong unit separate to walk their separate ways and prepare for a final and climatic meeting with the Soul Eater.