Authors: Richelle Mead
ISBN-13: 9781595143587, ISBN-10: 1595143580
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Date Published: November 2009
Edition: Signature Edition
Richelle Mead graduated from the University of Michigan and has an M.A. in Comparative Religion from Western Michigan University. She currently lives in Seattle with her husband, and is at work on her next Vampire Academy novel.
St. Vladimir's Academy isn't just any boarding schoolit's a hidden 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'sthe very place where they're most in danger. . . .
Rose and Lissa become enmeshed in forbidden romance, the Academy's ruthless social scene, and unspeakable nighttime rituals. But they must be careful lest the Strigoithe world's fiercest and most dangerous vampiresmake Lissa one of them forever.
Mead's absorbing, debut YA novel, blends intricately detailed fantasy with a contemporary setting, teen-relevant issues, and a diverse . . . cast of characters.