Sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird has just been marked as a fledgling vampire and joins the House of Night, a school where she will train to become an adult vampire.

Zoey's adventures at vampire finishing school take a wild and dangerous turn as loyalties are tested, shocking true intentions come to light, and an ancient evil is awakened.

After Zoey Redbird and her gang have banished Kalona and Neferet, the fallen High Priestess from Tulsa, Zoey is haunted by her confusing yet elemental connection with A-ya, the ancient Cherokee maiden who was the only human able to tempt Kalona's body and soul.

After Zoey Redbird's soul is shattered, she contemplates staying in the Otherworld forever. Stark tries to find a way to get to her, and Stevie Rae works to come up with a dangerous plan to take care of the problem herself.

"Zoey is finally home where she belongs, safe with her Guardian Warrior, Stark, by her side, and preparing to face off against Neferet - which would be a whole lot easier if the High Counsel saw the ex-High Priestess for what she really is. Kalona has released his hold on Rephaim, and, through Nyx's gift of a human form, Rephaim and Stevie Rae are finally able to be together - if he can truly walk the path of the Goddess and stay free of his father's...

Hoping for support from the Vampire High Council after Neferet's true nature is revealed, Zoey and the gang prepare to defend their beloved school from an increasingly powerful evil force.

Neferet, the darkly seductive High Priestess, wasn't always a powerful vampyre, but she has always been beautiful. Raised in turn-of-the-century Chicago, her beauty makes her the prey of unwanted attention and abuse, leaving her with scars that will never heal, and a Darkness that will eventually need to find its way out. But when she is Marked and gains strength, both physical and magickal, she turns her anger into power and looks for a way to regain...

"With more than 12 million books in print, rights sold in almost forty countries, and more than three years on The New York Times bestseller list--reaching as high as #1--the House of Night series is an international publishing sensation. Now, the excitement continues as the Cast mother-daughter duo shares the back stories of a few of the House of Night's most important--and mysterious--characters. In KALONA'S FALL, the shadows in Kalona's past will...

Zoey and her friends face the ultimate battle with evil, which will determine the fate of the world, both human and vampire.

Zoey worries about her brother using Old Magick while he is in his world, so she and her friends travel to an alternative version of the House of Night, where dangers take the form of friends, and allies are found in the strangest places.