Vampire Academy - by Richelle Mead (Paperback)

About the Book

After two years on the run, best friends Rose and Lissa are caught and returned to St. Vladimir's Academy, a private high school for vampires and half-bloods. It's filled with intrigue, danger--and even romance.

Book Synopsis

Welcome to the first graphic novel installment in the captivating world of the internationally #1 bestselling Vampire Academy series, where love and loyalty run deeper than blood.

"We're suckers for it."--Entertainment Weekly

"With social angst that every teenager can appreciate and sexual tension that leaves Stephenie Meyer's Twilight looking like a children's book, this little gem is sure to be a hit."--VOYA

Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth's magic. Her best friend Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir: a guardian whose blood is a powerful blend of vampire and human. Rose's life is dedicated to protecting Lissa from the dangerous Strigoi--the fiercest vampires, who will stop at nothing to make Lissa one of them.

After two years of freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy, a school for vampire royalty and their guardians-to-be. But inside the iron gates, life is even more fraught with danger . . . and the Strigoi are always close by.

Review Quotes

"We're suckers for it."--Entertainment Weekly

"Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy saga is set to be the next young adult paranormal series to become a household name."--The Huffington Post

"Mead knows her folklore, using it to great advantage in crafting a credible back story for the friction between her good and evil vampires."--The Miami Herald

"Vampire Academy is on an entirely different playing field than Twilight . . . Rose shows no signs of codependency; she's the Sasha Fierce of Vampires, kicking ass and taking names."--Miami New Times

"[The Vampire Academy series] improves with each installment, as [Mead] keeps readers on the edge of their seats while adding unexpected twists."--Associated Press

"Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy books are on Hollywood's radar."--Detroit Free Press

"[Richelle Mead] brings new blood to the vampire genre."--Scripps Howard News Service

"Vampire Academy . . . is taking a bite out of the publishing world."--Associated Press

"Vampire Academy heroine Rose Hathaway [is] a combination of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider."--The Seattle Times

"An immediate hit, thanks to Mead's writing talent [and] Rose's charismatic character."--Scripps Howard News Service

About the Author

Emma Vieceli is a professional artist and writer based just outside of Cambridge in the UK. Her credits include work on the Manga Shakespeare series (Amulet Books), My Little Pony (Hasbro), Comic Book Tattoo (image) and Girl comics (Marvel).

Leigh Dragoon lives in Northern California. Her credits include work on the Fraggle Rock comics (Archaia Comics), The Faerie Path Mangas (TokyoPop) and The Timeline Series (Rubicon Publishing / Scholastic Canada).

Richelle Mead lives in Seattle and is the author of the international bestselling Vampire Academy series. When not writing, she can be found watching bad movies, inventing recipes, and buying far too many dresses.