After a young Abraham Lincoln learns that the death of his mother (when he was nine years old) was not due to a rare sickness, but the work of Vampires, he devotes his life to fighting the creatures of the night. Gifted with his legendary height, strength and skill with an ax, Abraham sets out on a path of vengeance that will lead him all the way to the White House, uncovering the hidden details behind the Civil War and the role Vampires played in the birth, growth and near-death of the American nation.