Viktor Sweeney is a young man, no older than twenty, living in a fantastical version of Europe just after the start of the 17th century. A week ago, Viktor died in a swordfight. Three days ago, he was resurrected by a necromancer--also his father's girlfriend--but the spell went wrong, and he became a vampire. Today, you see him for the first time since he died Viktor looks a little- no, a *lot* worse for wear.