Barnabas, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, is turned him into a vampire. After destroying any hope to remain alive and witnessing Josette commit suicide instead of becoming a vampire like him, he begs his father to kill him. Joshua couldn't lose any more children. He chained Barnabas in his coffin hidden in the secret family vault in the hopes his son wouldn't be free. That was 1790; in 1990, Willie Loomis released Barnabas. But, in this age he finds help in his servant and a doctor. Can he trust Victoria Winters, the rebirth of his Josette, with the truth of his identity, past, and condition? Set when Dr. Hoffman began to convince Barnabas to let her treat him.