Long Haul Saga : Part 1: It's over three years since the events of DEA. Those years have not passed smoothly for Sookie or for Eric. Life is unpredictable, disrupting the best laid plans. Sookie & Eric POVs.

Most mortals have learned to fear the monstrous legend of The Rider. Children are shut indoors to keep from getting kidnapped. Everyone lives in fear, as he burns village from village. By chance, Sookie stumbles upon him, as a young girl. He will not forget her, even come ten years later. Why does he burn villages? And what reason does he have to hold Sookie captive? Dark Eric.