The story revolves around Rilind, raised from the dead by voodoo magic. In Louisiana, one of two southern states hit hardest by severe economic downturn, he spends his days as a wandering healer of the homeless using his magic "strings" to heal wounds. One day, he's called upon to rescue a vampire girl in distress... however, Rilind soon learns he's way in over his head when he learns she has a bounty on hers!