Welcome to a new half-human, half-vampire world where the stakes are even higher and everyone is out for blood—the first installment in the New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy spinoff series!“We’re suckers for it.”—Entertainment Weekly“Stands out from the crowded vampire genre.”—Associated PressAlchemists protect vampire secrets—and human lives. 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. But what unfolds is far worse. Jill Dragonir—the sister of Moroi Queen Lissa Dragomir—is in mortal danger, and the Moroi must send her into hiding. 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. The Last thing Sydney wants is to be accused of sympathizing with vampires. And how she has to live with one. The Moroi court believe Jill Sydney will be safe at Amberwood Prep, but threats, distractions, and forbidden romance lurk both outside—and within—the school grounds. Now that they’re in hiding, the drama is only just beginning.