조앤 K. 롤링을 잇는 최고의 스타 작가 스테프니 메이어의 2008년 신작. 나의 뱀파이어 연인 'The Twilight Saga' 4부 완결편 출간 ! 저자가 매혹적인 뱀파이어와 사랑에 빠지는 꿈을 꾼 뒤 써내려갔다는 이 시리즈는 미국에서만 500만부 이상 판매되면서 세계적인 베스트셀러에 올랐으며, 33개국에서 번역 출간됐다. '불행한 만남'의 연인들이라는 테마에 오싹하면서도 새로운 변화를 준 이 뱀파이어 소설은 사냥꾼이 먹잇감에게 매혹되고, 인간이 뱀파이어와 사랑에 빠진다는 설정 아래 펼쳐지는 이야기다. 10대다운 흥분과 은근한 애정이 담긴 사랑이야기가 어느덧 살아남기 위한 무서운 경주로 돌변하면서 긴장을 불러일으킨다. 사랑을 지키려는 노력이 곧 생존을 위한 투쟁이 되어버리는 이야기 속에 감각적인 서스펜스가 넘쳐난다. 햇빛을 사랑하는 17세 소녀 벨라는 황량하고 비가 많이 오는 워싱턴 주 포크스에 있는 아빠의 집으로 이사를 온다. 전학 온 첫날, 벨라는 이유를 알 수 없는 적의로 가득한 에드워드 컬렌이라는 남학생과 마주친다. 냉담하고 스타일리시하며, 마음을 무방비하게 만들 정도로 잘생긴 에드워드와 피치 못하게 자꾸 접하면서 벨라의 인생은 전율과 두려움이 넘치는 전환을 맞이한다. 지금까지 에드워드와 그의 일족은 작은 소도시에서 뱀파이어라는 자신들의 정체를 비밀로 지켜 왔다. 그러나 에드워드와 벨라가 연인이 되면서 이들 가족은 라이벌 뱀파이어 일족에게 추격당하게 된다. 벨라는 불사(不死)의 존재가 되고픈 바람을 지닌 채 예기치 못한 운명에 빠져든다. 에드워드가 가장 각별하게 여기는 벨라를 포함해 그 누구도 안전하지 않다. 어린 연인은 어느 새 욕망과 위험이라는 양면을 지닌 칼날 위에 서게 된다. * Twilight Saga Series When 17 year old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town. But in spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But not, it seems, the Cullen family. These five adopted brothers and sisters obviously prefer their own company and will make no exception for Bella. Bella is convinced that Edward Cullen in particular hates her, but she feels a strange attraction to him, although his hostility makes her feel almost physically ill. He seems determined to push her away - until, that is, he saves her life from an out of control car. Bella will soon discover that there is a very good reason for Edward’s coldness. He, and his family, are vampires - and he knows how dangerous it is for others to get too close. I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape. ‘Shoot,’ I muttered when the paper sliced my finger. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut. It all happened very quickly then. ‘No!’ Edward roared … Dazed and disorientated, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm - and into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires. For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of an evil vampire but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realise their troubles may just be beginning … 'Bella?’ Edward’s soft voice came from behind me. I turned to see him spring lightly up the porch steps, his hair windblown from running. He pulled me into his arms at once, and kissed me again. His kiss frightened me. There was too much tension, too strong an edge to the way his lips crushed mine - like he was afraid we had only so much time left to us. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob - knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which? Following the international bestsellers Twilight and New Moon, Eclipse is the much-anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer’s captivating saga of vampire romance. To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss and strife to reach the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fate of two tribes hangs. Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating and unfathomable consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life - first discovered in TWILIGHT, then scattered and torn in NEW MOON and ECLIPSE - seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed. . .forever?