Humans decimated their kind, erased them from history, and relegated them to legend. Now, amid a Vampire civil war, a banished Vampire prince has retreated to the mountains of a new America, secretly amassing an army to exact vengeance on his kin. Years later, during the harsh winter, a group of graduate students embarks on a study of the vanishing wildlife in these very mountains. As they edge closer to uncovering the truth, they find themselves in a battle for survival. As tensions rise, the Vampire prince enters the fray, confronting his shadowy past as the students’ destinies hang in the balance.