Synopsis: From the flaps of the Baen/Starline first edition: "What they were: He was Lancelot du Lac, Knight of the Round Table. She was an incarnation of the Goddess. What they are: A pair of ethical vampires. Lord Richard was a younger son. In Gaul at the Dawn of the Middle Ages, that meant earn your keep or get out. Not a problem for Richard. Since he was sixteen, Richard had been his family's fighting man, its champion. But he was getting older; one day age would be a problem, but for now he knows himself to be invincible. The day when some young fighter humiliated him in a tournament, forcing him to yield his honor and all his possessions in exchange for his life was far enough in the future to require no planning. Or so he thought. But then, in the middle of a tourney, just as he was about to deliver the blow of mercy some force twisted his blade from his hand and the young ruffian he had just bested proved a very good wrestler... And then he met the Lady Sabra. She soothed his wounds, healed his pride, and gave him a purpose. She also turned him into a vampire. His new job: Keeper of the King of England. True to Sabra's wishes, the English king was keeping civilization alive. Richard's object in unlife: keep King Arthur alive at all costs. But that was then - now it's the 1990s, and Richard's job isn't over. Working as a highly paid anti-terrorist consultant to the Canadian government in Toronto, he finds himself drawn into a deadly race to save his Lady and mankind along with her. His object all sublime? Same as the last time: The Holy Grail."