Zoey worries about her brother using Old Magick while he is in his world, so she and her friends travel to an alternative version of the House of Night, where dangers take the form of friends and allies are found in strange places.
Since Zoey and the gang closed the tear between worlds and sent Other Kevin back to the Other World, Neferet hasn't stirred; Damien and Jack are falling in love all over again; Stevie Rae and Rephaim are back in Tulsa where they belong. A new school year has begun, and Zoey's exchange student program with public schools is really taking off. Except that Zoey is increasingly withdrawn and moody. Zoey can't stop thinking about following her brother to the Other World, and Stark isn't deluding himself about why-- Heath Luck, her childhood sweetheart, is alive in that world. -- adapted from jacket.