Zoey's best friend, Stevie Rae, is undead - in an eww! zombie! kind-of-way, not in a cool vampire kind-of-way She's struggling to retain her humanity and Zoey doesn't have a clue how to help But she does know that anything they discover must be kept secret Trust has become a rare commodity Sinister forces are at work at the House of Night, where the line between friend and enemy is becoming dangerously blurred