Whitley Strieber is the author of Communion, the story of his personal close encounter with unknown persons or entities. He has published numerous follow-on books, the most recent of which is A New World, published in 2019. He is also the author of many novels, including bestsellers like Wolfen, the Hunger, Warday, Superstorm and the Grays. Wolfen, the Hunger, Communion and Superstorm have all been made into films, (Superstorm as the Day After Tomorrow), and his Alien Hunter series was made into the SyFy series Hunters.

Lilith, the mother of all vampires, must corrupt Ian Ward in order to survive in the modern world.