Valerie Zeta returns to a land on the brink of collapse. With Julian Trast hauntingly absent, she struggles to find direction, while fighting to protect what is left of civilization. But when the Dracula strikes, brutal and sudden, Valerie realizes a long war is not one they can win.With allies fully gathered, Valerie and her Nightbreakers will journey across the world to solve the last riddle—the location of the Scholomance, birth place and lair of the Dracula. With friend and foe revealed, all that remains for Valerie is the final clash to protect humanity, and to preserve what is left of her own.