Introduction: Darkness Falls (Darkness Falls #1) When the disease spread through the world, people had no choice but to go into hiding. The Colony is hidden deep underground, far away from the vampires鈥攈umans that were transformed by the disease. The vampires are hideous, starving, and they will kill any human they come across. Seventeen-year-old Kayla is a Bellator, a warrior that protects The Colony. In order to survive, there are three rules she must follow: Rule #1鈥擭ever go out after dark. Rule #2鈥擜lways carry a weapon. Rule #3鈥擭o matter what, never EVER get bitten. But what happens when the rules Kayla has always lived by can no longer apply? The Highers run The Colony and accept nothing less than perfection. One slip up can mean death. Kayla has always worked hard to follow the rules and strive for perfection. But during a moment of weakness, she lets her imperfections show. Her punishment is worse than death. She is chosen for The Gathering and is thrown out into a world full of starving vampires. No one has ever survived The Gathering, at least that鈥檚 what Kayla鈥檚 been told. But when she runs into a group who insist they were once part of The Gathering, Kayla discovers the Highers have been keeping secrets. Secrets that could lead to a cure....