Z Brewer

The summer before ninth grade, when Joss sets off to meet his uncle and hunt down the beast that murdered his younger sister three years earlier, he learns he is destined to join the Slayer Society.

While half-vampire Vlad, his best friend Henry, and Henry's cousin Joss make their way through their freshman year at Bathory High, a hired vampire slayer seeks to destroy Vlad.

For thirteen years, Vlad, aided by his aunt and best friend, has kept secret that he is half-vampire, but when his missing teacher is replaced by a sinister substitute, he learns that there is more to being a vampire, and to his parents' deaths, than he could have guessed.

Viktor Valentine wishes that his biggest issue was getting his hands on an autographed copy of the new Screaming Meemies album. Instead, Alys isn't talking to him, Damon is hanging out with Viktor's mortal enemy, he's in trouble at school, and his dad won't stop telling terrible jokes. Oh yeah, and Lilith, the dangerously powerful mother of vampirekind, is looking for him. Viktor is trying to dodge an uncomfortable conversation with his parents when...