The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbird's world, vampyres have always existed.� In this first book in the series, Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampire--that is, if she makes it through the Change.� Not all of those who are chosen do.� It's tough to begin a new life, away from her parents and friends, and on top of that, Zoey finds she is no average fledgling.� She has been Marked as special by the vampyre Goddess, Nyx.� But she is not the�only fledgling at the House of Night with special powers.��When she discovers that the leader of the Dark Daughters, the school's most elite club, is misusing her Goddess-given gifts, Zoey must look deep within herself for the courage to embrace her destiny--with a little help from her new vampyre friends.