Two races of vampires walk our world. The Moroi are alive and wield elemental magic, while the Strigoi are undead and evil--feeding on the innocent to survive.

With the new and young Queen Vasilisa juggiling her time between an education and her throne, the Moroi court is in chaos. The Strigoi Race has seized this opportunity to test this new court's strength and decided to rebuild their army. if the Moroi and Dhampir races want to avoid total catastrophe, they are going to have to find new ways to save themselves. The only problem is that the old traditions hinder the court from making new descions.

Magda Alexandra Szlesky is a New student at St. Vladimir's academy, an ex student of the St. Lourdes academy in Miami, Florida. Why she moved, no one knows... But what really makes her unique is that she's a royal Moroi training to fight for the greater good, despite the taboos of Moroi combat. All she wants to do is graduate and become asigned to her majesty. her only problem is that she bites more than she can suck. now she has to juggle Moroi AND Dhampir classes, The Drama of Drama, Royal Backstabbers in the academy, and the brand new baseball team : The St. Vlad's Vamps.

Learning to decapitate and stake is hard enough. Learning Magic? Impossible--ESPECIALLY if you dont know what element you weild.

How does one follow "They come first." when "they" is one's self?