Tegan Wright has a huge secret; she can see and hear the dead. (Though she refers to them as invisible people.) She moves to Forks to live with her aunt Josette after her parents are killed in a car accident. When she arrives at Forks, it doesn't take long before she meets Shelby, a vampire victim from La Push who is seeking revenge. Shelby quickly fills Tegan in on the supernatural world that surrounds Forks, starting with the vampires, and heading onto the wolf pack of La Push. Tegan is sceptical about Shelby's far fetch tale about the night monsters, but soon finds herself believing it, as soon as she becomes the target of the Volturi. She has a wonderful gift, which they would like to preserve forever.