Zoey Redbird is the most powerul fledgling vampyre the House of Night school has ever seen, but she's also still just a seventeen-year-old girl who is trying to deal with the sort-of death of her best friend, her mother's marriage into a group that hates vampyres, and not one but three boyfriends. But Zoey must also face up to the dangerous enemy in their midst, and she better do it soon - because when it comes to humans and vampyres, it looks like war is coming...