The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

Bree Tanner is a newborn vampire in Seattle, one of the army Victoria is raising to fight the Cullens. She knows almost nothing about why she was made. Riley, the newborns' keeper, gives the orders: they hunt at night and stay out of the sun.

Bree finds a friend in Diego, who has begun to doubt the story the newborns have been told. She also finds an unlikely ally in Fred, an outcast among them. Their doubts put them at odds with the plan they are being used for.

This novella shows the lead-up to the battle in Eclipse from the other side of the Twilight Saga. Its focus is the newborns, not Bella and the Cullens, so the army is seen from the inside.

Stephenie Meyer first wrote it for The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide, but it outgrew that book and was released in June 2010 as its own short volume. Reading it is quick, and Bree's narration sounds very different from Bella's. The open question is how much Bree can learn before the battle arrives.