Spirit Bound

A price for salvation...

Adrian was somewhat taken aback by the remarks, but he continued. "You tell lies. You are not imagining what is possible. One cannot save a Strigoi. They disappear when they do. They've passed away. Not dead. Indefinitely."

Robert didn't address Adrian with his following remarks. I heard them talked to. "That which is dead doesn't always stay dead...."

Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimir's—and to her closest friend, Lissa Dragomir—after a protracted and traumatic voyage to Siberia, the homeland of Dimitri. As graduation approaches, the girls are eager for their actual lives to finally start beyond the chilly iron gates of the school. Rose's heart hurts for Dimitri despite the impending mystery and thrill of court life. He's someplace out there.

Her greatest nightmares are going to come true since she let her opportunity to murder him slip. Now that she's tasted her blood, Dimitri instinctively knows he's after her. If Rose refuses to accompany him, he will not stop until he has permanently silenced her.

Rose, however, is unable to forget the lessons she encountered along the way—hints of a magic that is both unfathomably frightening and unattainable. A magic intrinsically linked to Lissa that could provide the solution to every one of Rose's prayers—but with the risk of catastrophic repercussions. Rose must now choose what and who means most to her. Is genuine love ultimately worth the cost?

Spirit Bound is the much anticipated fifth book in Richelle Mead's captivating Vampire Academy series, where you will fall in love with Rose and Dimitri all over again.