A collection of essays to help you navigate the influences behind the House of Night series.

Introduction / P.C. Cast -- Night in the House of Good and Evil / Karen Mahoney -- The dangerous dead / John Edgar Browning -- By their marks you shall know them / Jana Oliver -- The divine cat / Ellen Steiber -- Reimaging "Magic City" / Amy H. Sturgis -- The magic of being Cherokee / Jordan Dane -- Freedom of choice / Jeri Smith-Ready -- The otherworld is Greek to me / Trinity Faegen -- The elements of life / Bryan Lankford -- Misunderstood / Kristin Cast -- She is goddess / Yasmine Galenorn -- Worshipping the female deity / Christine Zika -- Cruithne mythology and the House of Night / P.C. Cast -- Behind the House of Night names.