Surviving through countless centuries, Alisa is beautiful, strong and ... deadly.Alisa has long been hiding a dark and deadly secret, but it seems that someone is finally onto her. When a private investigator is hired to delve into Alisa's personal affairs, her shocking true age and untraceable fortune are uncovered. Alisa does what she must and kills the investigator, but not before discovering who hired him. It is clear that an ancient evil - the first vampire - has returned. Alisa knows that his whole existence was her fault and she must, therefore, be the one to end his reign of slaughter ...

 

 

This book features in the following series: Last Vampire, The Last Vampire .

There are 416 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2010 by Hachette Children's Group .

Christopher Pike is a bestselling author of YA and children's thriller fiction. He was born in New York but now lives in California. He has various jobs before becoming a writer. He is also the author of the Spooksville series.