House of Night

House of Night is a series of vampire-based fantasy novels by American author P.C. Cast and her daughter Kristin Cast. It follows the adventures of Zoey Redbird, a sixteen-year-old girl who has just become a fledgling Vampyre and is required to attend the House of Night boarding school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The series has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for 63 weeks and there are over seven million copies in print in North America alone. The sixth novel, Tempted, which went on sale on October 27, 2009 with a first printing of a million copies, entered theUSA Today bestseller list that week at #1. In January, 2010,Gezeichnet, a German translation of Marked, reached the #1 spot on the Der Spiege bestseller list. The series has so far sold more than ten million books in 39 countries.

The 2nd-last released book in the series, Burned, was released on April 27, 2010. Like Tempted, it entered the USA Today bestseller list that week at #1. Awakened, released in January, 2011, also entered the list at #1. The series, which is published by St Martin's Press is planned to include twelve books. In 2008, plans for a film adaptation were also announced.

About the first book

Marked

This book is the first of eight book in the House of Night Series." In this book 16 year old Zoe Redbird is sought out by The Tracker. The Tracker is a vampire who markes a outline of a crescent moon on your forhead. If you are to be marked this means you have to go to the house of night shcool and are going to turn into a vampire and undergo the vigurous four year "change" that some don't survive. But immidietly it is obvious that Zoe is not your regular fledgling. Zoe has had a vision of the Goddess Nyx who told her she would to be granted special powers. Also, Zoe's mark is filled in, which only happens once you have completed the change. And Finally Zoe has a special connection to all five elements(water,fire,air,earth, and spirt) which has never been seen in vampire history. This story follows her journey thorugh school. Whether it's battling with all powerful Aphrodite about the exlculsive Dark Daughters club or avoiding her almost boyfriend Heath, or even watching out for the weird spirits of dead fleadglings that keep following her around. This book is a great take on the vampire genre and sends the readers into a whole new world.