The First Child: The first vampire rule she broke was the one that said she'd die. (Newmark Series, Book 2) (The Newmark Series)

The virus was never supposed to infect a child. For Brianna, it isn’t a death sentence. It’s an awakening into a world she was never meant to see.

In the secret history of the Vampire race, there is one absolute a human under the age of eighteen cannot survive the change. Their bodies burn out. They die.

Brianna, a fifteen year old runaway fleeing a broken foster system, is about to break that rule. Attacked by a rogue Vampire in the Seattle streets, Brianna is found by the Newmarks, an ancient family who have spent centuries building a hidden, civilised world.

Against all biological odds, Brianna doesn't die. She adapts.

Her survival presents a terrifying question for the hidden What does a vampire with the emotional volatility of a teenager look like?

The Newmark family has protected their legacy for centuries. Now, they must go to war to protect a First Child who shouldn't exist, but whose survival will change the future of their kind forever.

A contemporary vampire coming of age story about survival, found family, and rewriting the rules of an ancient world.