Pearl Jones was viciously attacked and left for dead in the desert. Her friends find her barely alive, but they are too late to save her. Pearl later awakens confused and very thirsty. She learns from Skinner Sweet that she is now one of the new breed of vampires.; Will Bunting continues his strange tale of Skinner Sweet. Celebrated Pinkerton agent James Book is heartbroken after the death of his beloved at the hands of the notorious outlaw. He rides across the American West for the next 29 years on several adventures while newly turned vampire Skinner Sweet waits trapped in his grave.