Having mastered the intricacies of glamour and discourse, the vampire Rama II becomes a Knight of the Night, a servant of the goddess Ishtar-Hera. While training in the art of diving into death in Dracula's castle, he meets the vampire Sophie, whose name means 'wisdom,' and gradually realizes that vampires are not the top of the food chain, that there is another path. But for those willing to comprehend it, Apollo the Batman awaits...