She is awake. She is alone. She is a vampire. She has no idea how or why. All she has are flashes of the night before, unconnected and without context, and the terrible, driving Thirst. Her old life is over and, sad as she is to leave her family and her expectations behind, there is a glorious freedom in throwing off the constraints of a formulaic life at the turn of the twenty-first century in America. She is young and she is powerful, and all of the Seattle night lies open to her. Through her first three nights, she will struggle to sate and control the Thirst, piece together her lost night, discover the interwoven history of hundreds of years that led to her awakening, and discover friendships like none she has ever known. 4th edition includes collected endnotes from the author and a preview of The Vampire Tales, book 2: Awakenings