The Vampire Diaries (book series)
The Vampire Diaries. The Salvation: Unseen
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The Awakening
The Struggle The Fury Dark Reunion The Return: Nightfall The Return: Shadow Souls The Return: Midnight The Hunters: Phantom The Hunters: Moonsong The Hunters: Destiny Rising The Salvation: Unseen The Salvation: Unspoken The Salvation: Unmasked |
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| Author |
L. J. Smith (books 1-7) Unknown ghostwriter (books 8-10) Aubrey Clark (books 11-13) |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre |
Horror Fantasy Romance Young-adult fiction |
| Publisher |
Harper Paperbacks (books 1-10) 47North (book 11-13) Hodder Children's Books (books 1-13) |
| Published | September 1991–1992 (books 1-4) February 2009–May 2014 (books 5-13) |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback), eBook |
The Vampire Diaries is a young adult vampire horror series of novels created by L. J. Smith. The story centers on Elena Gilbert, a young high school girl who finds her heart eventually torn between two vampire brothers, Stefan and Damon Salvatore.
The series was originally published in 1991-1992 and it revolves around Stefan Salvatore and Elena Gilbert as the two main protagonists. The first three novels in the original series (The Awakening, The Struggle, and The Fury) all feature Stefan and Elena as the narrators of the series, while the last book in the original series, Dark Reunion, is from Bonnie McCullough's viewpoint.
After taking a long hiatus from writing, Smith published the first installment of "The Return" trilogy, Nightfall, on February 10, 2009. Shadow Souls, the second book of "The Return" trilogy, was released on March 16, 2010. The third and final book of "The Return" trilogy, Midnight, was released on March 15, 2011.
The trilogy after The Return trilogy, The Hunters, was written by a ghostwriter. In fact, Smith signed a "work for hire" contract back when she had written the original Vampire Diaries novel trilogy, which means Alloy owns the copyrights to the series. Smith had originally intended to call the books in "The Hunters" trilogy Phantom, Evensong and Eternity, but the third book was called Destiny Rising by the ghostwriter.Phantom was released on October 25, 2011,Moonsong on March 13, 2012, and Destiny Rising on October 23, 2012.
The Salvation trilogy was written by ghostwriter Aubrey Clark. The first installment, Unseen, was released on May 2, 2013, the second book, Unspoken, on November 7, 2013, and the third and final book, Unmasked, on May 8, 2014. The first two books of The Salvation trilogy were first released on Amazon.com as a paperback and ebook while Unmasked was available for pre-order purchase in five formats as of March 11, 2014 at Amazon.com.
On January 15, 2014, Smith announced that she would be continuing to write her version of The Vampire Diaries before she was fired by Alloy. Smith would continue to write her books on Amazon Kindle as fan fiction and are not part of the official series. The Evensong arc would pick up where The Return: Midnight had left off and it takes place in an alternate world from the official series that follow Midnight. The three titles in the Evensong trilogy are Paradise Lost, War of Roses and Into the Woods.
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