Set in Victorian London, Christina Rossetti's father told her that he had a vision which lead him to his wife. The vision, he claimed, came from a ebony figure which he kept under lock and key. Hoping to meet the man of her dreams, Christina takes the statue unaware that the figure holds the soul of her uncle and vampire, John Polidori. The humans who Polidori claims experience a rush of poetic energy expressed through brilliant verse. However, once a person has formed a bond with Polidori, he becomes fiercely jealous of any humans his new vampire family makes. In an attempt to save his family, Christina's father swallows the figure of his vampire brother-in-law. When their father dies, the Rossetti's believe they are safe, but even from six feet under, John Poldidori, refuses to break his hold on the Rossetti family.

John Crawford lost his wife and two sons, but when he comes across a former prostitute fleeing from the undead, John becomes involved in a battle with the ghostly vampire world which lurks beneath London Bridge. When Crawford sees Adelaid McKee again two years after their brush with death, he discovers their one night together resulted in a child. Although, John still painfully longs for his dead wife and sons, hearing that his daughter has been taken by one of dark creatures which haunt London Bridge rouses him from the devastation which has held him prisoner for years.

Adelaid is determined to find the daughter she was told died as an infant. In order to find her, she decides to turn to the sister who helped her escape the life of a prostitute. Sister Christina Rossetti is all too familiar with the creature who has taken Crawford and McKee's daughter. Not only did her uncle steal her innocence, but his jealous attachment has once again resulted in the death of another member of the Rossetti family. Christina, her sister Maria, and her brothers Gabriel and William know that until they do away with their uncle, no member of the Rossetti family will ever be free to love again. Crawford, McKee, along with the Rossetti family will use John's uncontrollable jealousy towards those who have bonded with him to finally let the family vampire rest in eternal peace.

HIDE ME AMONG THE GRAVES is a Victorian vampire story which overlaps with the occult and spirit world. Tim Powers fills his pages with seances, tormented and vengeful spirits, and unsuspecting humans who foolishly lose themselves to the seductive world of John Polidori and his ghostly vampires. Powers transforms the typical vampire lore found in countless novels and creates a world where the undead and the spirit world unite as one resulting in a horrific nightmare for mortals. Wickedly unique and seductive, Tim Powers gives readers who are weary of the same vampire novels a completely original and brilliant vampire read.