Bloodlust and dark forces are at work at the House of Night?

Fledgling vampyre Zoey Redbird's adventures at the school are about to take a mysterious turn.� Those who appear to be her friends are turning out to be enemies.� And oddly enough, sworn enemies are also turning into friends.� So begins the gripping third installment of this ?highly addictive series? (Romantic Times), in which Zoey's mettle will be tested like never before.� Her best friend, Stevie Rae, is undead and struggling to maintain a grip on her humanity.�Zoey doesn?t have a clue how to help her, but she does know that anything she and Stevie Rae discover about the secretive and sinister power that's turning dead fledglings into bloodsucking monsters must be kept secret from everyone else at the House of Night, where trust has become a rare commodity.�

Speaking of rare: Zoey finds herself in the very unexpected position of having three boyfriends. Mix in more than a little forbidden desire to the equation and the situation has the potential to spell social disaster of massive proportions. Then, vampyres start turning up dead.�Really dead.� It looks like the People of Faith, and Zoey's horrid step-loser in particular, are tired of living side-by-side with vampyres.� But, as Zoey and her friends find out, things are not always what they seem?