The future of 2113 is difficult enough for the average human, as the atomic wars of 2070 have spawned a dangerous world where crime is rampant and only the judges, like Judge Dredd, impose law and justice. For Devlin Waugh, occult expert and Vatican operative, it’s even tougher, since he has been turned into a vampire.

Devlin Waugh is the Vatican's best freelance supernatural operative: an aesthete, bon vivant, and expert athlete whose verbal barbs are just as vicious as his talent for fisticuffs.