In the blood-soaked trenches of World War I Romania, a different kind of horror awaits.
Dr. Victor Ionescu has crossed an ocean to find his younger brother Andrei, who has enlisted to fight for their ancestral homeland. But what begins as a desperate search through the chaos of battle transforms into something far more terrifying when Victor and a small reconnaissance team are sent to investigate mysterious disappearances at Castle Bran in the Carpathian Mountains.
Within the ancient castle's walls, they discover a secret that generations of guardians have died to protect: Vlad Țepeș—Dracula himself—imprisoned for centuries beneath the fortress. When the group unwittingly releases this ancient evil, they find themselves battling not just for their lives, but for humanity's soul.
As the legendary vampire awakens, regaining his strength by feeding on the abundant carnage of war, Victor's medical oath to "do no harm" is tested against a darkness that cannot be reasoned with or healed. Alongside his brother and Isabella Stănescu—the last in a long line of guardians sworn to contain Dracula—Victor must reconcile his healer's principles with the brutal necessity of violence against true evil.
