When sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird gets Marked as a fledgling vampire shemust join the House of Night school where she will train to become an adultvampire. That is, if she makes it through the Change. But Zoe is noordinary fledgling. She has been chosen as special by the Goddess Nyx anddiscovers her amazing new power to conjure the elements: earth, air, fire,water and spirit. When Zoey discovers that the leader of the DarkDaughters, the school's most elite group, is misusing her Goddess-givengifts, Zoey must look within herself to embrace her destiny - with a littlehelp from her new vampire friends.