
The Moroi court believe Jill and Sydney will be safe at Amberwood Prep, but threats, distractions and forbidden romance lurk both outside – and within – the school grounds. The last thing Sydney wants is to be accused of sympathizing with vampires. To avoid a civil war, Sydney is called upon to act as Jill's guardian and protector, posing as her roommate in the unlikeliest of places: a human boarding school in Palm Springs, California. Jill Dragomir - the sister of Moroi Queen Lissa Dragomir - is in mortal danger, and the Moroi must send her into hiding. When Sydney is torn from her bed in the middle of the night, at first she thinks she's still being punished for her complicated alliance with dhampir Rose Hathaway. And now with her allegiances in question, her future is on the line.

But the last encounter Sydney had with vampires got her in deep trouble with the other alchemists.

They protect vampire secrets - and human lives.

That's because she's an alchemist - one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of human and vampires.
