When you look at me, what do you see? A young, vibrant entrepreneur helming her own fashion empire? A legacy socialite with a movie star boyfriend and access to everything?

My perfect life is no accident; I designed it that way.

Jealous? Don't be. My parents vanished when I was seven, leaving me the richest orphan in the world with my mother's movie star looks and zero love to go with it.

People say vampires run LA. That's not quite true. They run the world.

Beneath Los Angeles lies a Necropolis-a super-city bigger and more advanced than Tokyo. They call it Underwood, but to the vampires, it's the capital of the Red Roman Empire.

I had the great misfortune of being banished there after I flew too close to the sun. In these pages, you'll learn what happened to me, my parents, and anyone who stood in the way of vampire superiority.

You'll see how I traded couture for Cannibal Queens, a perfect relationship for a lesbian love triangle, and my sanity to become Narssica-a stylish vigilante and the only human vampires fear.

This is how you Descend to Ascend.

A queer dark-fantasy memoir steeped in vampires, supernatural power, and the brutal glamour of urban-fantasy Los Angeles.