Fall of Night (The Morganville Vampires #14)
Claire never thought she'd get to leave Morganville, but she can't pass up the chance to finally attend her dream school, MIT. After all, getting to invent anti-vamp devices with Professor Anderson-a Morganville exile herself-sounds like a dream come true...until Claire realizes that there are sinister forces in play, and she's not the only one with a vampire-related agenda. Without her friends Shane, Eve and Michael, surviving a killer schedule may be hard...but with them, it might turn out to be impossible.