我曾賭咒說妳美，說妳璀璨，妳卻是地獄一般黑，夜一般暗。」
妳是夜后揀選的雛鬼，面臨抉擇。
妳受宇宙元素的祝福，但需承擔魔法的犧牲。 

黑暗力量正在夜之屋蠢蠢欲動！雛鬼柔依‧紅鳥的校園生活起了離奇的轉變，原本的朋友竟是敵人，而奇怪的是，原先不共戴天的宿敵竟成了朋友……在這個《浪漫時報》所稱「讓人沉迷系列」的第三集中，柔依將面對前所未有的艱難試驗。她的摯友史蒂薇．蕾其實沒死，她仍在保留人性與蛻變間煎熬。柔依一點也不曉得該如何幫助她，然而她很清楚那件她們兩人一起發現的事實一定要對夜之屋的人守口如瓶，因為在夜之屋，信任是稀有商品。

信任在夜之屋是罕見的，而柔依現在也處於一個想都沒想過的罕見情況：她有三個男友。他們的關係中如果多了一點嗜血的因子，可能就會引發大禍。在事情已經夠複雜的同時，學校的成鬼老師竟相繼遭到殺害。這次，成為嫌疑犯的是人類，「信仰子民」──尤其是柔依可怕的繼父似乎已厭倦與吸血鬼庇鄰而居。不過，表象和事實經常大相逕庭……


Dark forces are at work at the House of Night and fledgling vampyre Zoey Redbird’s adventures at the school take a mysterious turn. Those who appear to be friends are turning out to be enemies. And oddly enough, sworn enemies are also turning into friends. So begins the gripping third installment of this “highly addictive series” (Romantic Times), in which Zoey’s mettle will be tested like never before. Her best friend, Stevie Rae, is undead and struggling to maintain a grip on her humanity. Zoey doesn’t have a clue how to help her, but she does know that anything she and Stevie Rae discover must be kept secret from everyone else at the House of Night, where trust has become a rare commodity.

Speaking of rare: Zoey finds herself in the very unexpected and rare position of having three boyfriends. Mix a little bloodlust into the equation and the situation has the potential to spell social disaster. Just when it seems things couldn’t get any tougher, vampyres start turning up dead. Really dead. It looks like the People of Faith, and Zoey’s horrid step-father in particular, are tired of living side-by-side with vampyres. But, as Zoey and her friends so often find out, how things appear rarely reflects the truth…


【適讀程度】
 Age Range: 12 - 18 years