Michael Cadnum is the author of 35 books for adults and young adults. His work—which includes thrillers, suspense novels, historical fiction, and books about myths and legends—has been nominated for the National Book Award (The Book of the Lion), the Edgar Award (Calling Home and Breaking the Fall), and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (In a Dark Wood). A former National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellow, he is also the author of award-winning poetry. Seize the Storm (2012) is his most recent novel.
 
Michael Cadnum lives in Albany, California, with a view of the Golden Gate Bridge.

A thinking man's vampire novel on the pros and cons of immortality. The protagonist is a San Francisco lawyer who becomes a vampire, resurrects his murdered love and together they experience the thrills of immortality. It turns out, however, that being immortal in a world of mortals is not much fun and the lawyer seeks to return to the worlld of the living. The novel tackles an age-old riddle, what is life?