But Korath holds the key to the Mobius equations, so Jake can't just kick him out -- though he's sure trying! E-branch is working hard to track down the three master vampires who aare hiding somewhere on earth. They nearly had Malinari, but the mind-master escaped. Now E-branch is closing in on the hideously beautiful Vavara, in her mountain-top aerie that not so long ago was a convent. The nuns are now Vavara's most unholy creatures.