In the neon-lit labyrinth of Meridian City, where humans and vampires coexist in a fragile truce, Star Sangrave is a half-vampire outcast teetering on the edge of survival. Abandoned as a child and plagued by the mystery of her origins, she navigates the treacherous halls of St. Ifrid''''s Preparatory Academy by day and the city''''s dark underbelly by night, fueled by the synthetic blood substitute, Elixir.