Last fall, Buffy Summers' holidays were ruined by a new vampire in town - the beautiful Selke. Most vampires don't manage to have more than one run in with the Slayer, and in their second faceoff, the wounded vampire was left to die in fla mes. But the fire didn't kill her. It just gave her another reason to kill the Slayer.Now the skirmishes are over. Bad Blood begins Selke's war. Her plans begin with the death of the Slayer and will lead to the next stage in vampire evolution - unless Buffy can stop her.