Rick R. Reed is an award-winning and bestselling author of more than fifty works of published fiction. He is a Lambda Literary Award finalist. Entertainment Weekly has described his work as "heartrending and sensitive." Lambda Literary has called him: "A writer that doesn't disappoint…" Find him at www.rickrreedreality.blogspot.com. Rick lives in Palm Springs, CA, with his husband, Bruce, and their two rescue dogs, Kodi and Joaquin.
Atop a desert mountaintop, Asa Beck, a centuries-old vampire, finds himself perched on the precipice of his existence. With the horizon aglow, heralding the sunrise, he grapples with a lifetime burdened by immortality and the shadows of a tormented past. He reflects on how he came to be a monster and the sole man he truly loved. Should he continue as he is or find solace in eternal slumber?