St Vladimir"s Academy isn"t just any boarding school - hidden away, it"s a place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They"ve been on the run, but now they"re being dragged back to St Vladimir"s where the girls must survive a world of forbidden romances, a ruthless social scene and terrifying night time rituals. But most of all, staying alive.