ThethrillingsecondinstallmentinRichelleMead’sVampireAcademyspinoffseries--anda#1NewYorkTimesBestseller--nowinpaperbackSydneySageisanAlchemist,oneofagroupofhumanswhodabbleinmagicandservetobridgetheworldsofhumansandvampires.Theyprotectvampiresecrets--andhumanlives.Sydneywouldlovetogotocollege,butinstead,she’sbeensentintohidingataposhboardingschoolinPalmSprings,California--taskedwithprotectingMoroiprincessJillDragomirfromassassinswhowanttothrowtheMoroicourtintocivilwar.Formerlyindisgrace,Sydneyisnowpraisedforherloyaltyandobedience,andheldupasthemodelofanexemplaryAlchemist.ButtheclosershegrowstoJill,Eddie,andespeciallyAdrian,themoreshefindsherselfquestioningherage-oldAlchemistbeliefs,herideaoffamily,andthesenseofwhatitmeanstotrulybelong.HerworldbecomesevenmorecomplicatedwhenmagicalexperimentsshowSydneymayholdthekeytopreventbecomingStrigoi--thefiercestvampires,theoneswhodon’tdie.Butit’sherfearofbeingjustthat--special,magical,powerful--thatscareshermorethananything.EquallydauntingishernewromancewithBrayden,acute,brainyguywhoseemstobehermatchineveryway.Yet,asperfectasheseems,Sydneyfindsherselfbeingdrawntosomeoneelse--someoneforbiddentoher.Whenashockingsecretthreatenstotearthevampireworldapart,Sydney’sloyaltiesaresuddenlytestedmorethaneverbefore.Shewondershowshe’ssupposedtostrikeabalancebetweentheprinciplesanddogmasshe’sbeentaught,andwhatherinstinctsarenowtellingher.ShouldshetrusttheAlchemists--orherheart?
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