For all those House Of Night Fans, you can now read the first of Burned. Burned is due to hit stores April 27, 2010

BURNED

Chapter One

Kalona lifted his hands. He didn’t hesitate. There was no doubt whatsoever in his mind about what he had to do. He would not allow anything or anyone to get in his way, and this human boy was standing between him and what he desired. He didn’t particularly want to kill the boy; he didn’t particularly want the boy alive, either. It was a simple necessity. He didn’t feel remorse or regret. As had been the norm during the centuries since he’d fallen, Kalona felt very little. So, indifferently, the winged immortal twisted the boy’s neck and put an end to his life.

“No!”

The anguish of that one word froze Kalona’s heart. He dropped the boy’s lifeless body and whirled around in time to see Zoey racing toward him. Their eyes met. In hers were despair and hatred. In his was an impossible denial. He tried to formulate the words that might make her understand— might make her forgive him. But there was nothing he could say to change what she had seen, and even if he could work the impossible, there was no time.

Zoey threw the full power of the element spirit at him.

It hit the immortal, striking him with force that was beyond physical.  Spirit was his essence— his core— the element that had sustained him for centuries and with which he had always been most comfortable, as well as most powerful. Zoey’s attack seared him. It lifted him with such force that he was hurled over the huge stone wall that separated the vampyres’ island and the Gulf of Venice. The icy water engulfed him, smothering him. For an instant the pain within Kalona was so deadening that he didn’t fight it. Perhaps he should let this terrible struggle for life and its trappings end. Perhaps, once again, he should allow himself to be vanquished by her. But less than a heartbeat after he had the thought, he felt it. Zoey’s soul shattered and, as truly as his fall had carried him from one realm to another, her spirit departed this world.

The knowledge wounded him worse than had her blow against him.

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Book Details

Reading level: Young Adult

Hardcover: 336 pages

Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin

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It’s not a rumor! EW News just announced that Stephenie Meyer will publish The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, a 192-page novella featuring a newborn vampire introduced in Eclipse. The story chronicles the journey of villain Victoria’s newborn vampire army as they prepare the attach on Bella and the Cullens.

It will be released at 12:01 a.m. on June 5 in hardcover.

It’s important to mention that $1 from each sale is going to the American Red Cross International Response Fund.

It’s also very important to know that from June 7 to July 5, fans will be able to read the book for free online at www.breetanner.com, which will also provide a link to the American Red Cross website where they can donate to support relief efforts in Haiti, Chile, and around the globe.

Read the full press release HERE.

Stephenie Meyer also announced it on her site, so visit Stephenie Meyers Site to learn more.

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