Zoey Redbird has become an undisputed expert in failures. In one week she has gone from having three boyfriends to having none, her tight group of friends, who used to support Zoey, left her, and she became an outcast. The worst thing is that she knows that she knows it’s all her fault. Speaking of friends, the only two Zoey has left are undead, unMarked, and unable to stop arguing with each other. So how can one blame her for becoming friends with the House of Night’s newest transfer student, the majorly hot Olympic archer, James Stark? Meanwhile, Neferet has proclaimed a war with humans after she finds out that the People of the Faith killed two vampires. But Aphrodite’s latest visions show a world completely different from the High Priestess’s promises, a world full of violence, hatred, and darkness, all because of Zoey’s death—and the only way it seems she can prevent it from happening is to make things right with her friends. Zoey understands that struggling with people is wrong, and won’t lead to anything good. But who will listen to her? Zoey's adventures at vampire finishing school take a wild and dangerous turn as loyalties are tested, shocking true intentions come to light, and an ancient evil is awakened in PC and Kristin Cast's spellbinding fourth House of Night novel.