num_pages: 320
description: The first novel in a trilogy set in the isolated town of New Salem, where a group of teenagers wields a power of magic, passed down to them through three centuries. As a girl lies dead at the bottom of a hill, newcomer Cassie is initiated into the circle - and she hides a terrible secret.
language: English
title: The Initiation
titlecomplete: The Initiation (The Secret Circle, #1)
characters: Diana Meade, Doug Henderson, Cassie Blake, Faye Chamberlain, Susan Whitler, Nick Armstrong, Deborah Armstrong, Laurel Quincey, Adam Conant, Chris Henderson, Melanie Glaser
genres: Young Adult, Paranormal Romance, Supernatural, Magic, Urban Fantasy, Fiction, Fantasy, Witches, Paranormal, Romance
ratings_count: 17204
places: New Salem, Massachusetts
series: The Secret Circle
publisher: Random House Children's Books (A Division of Random House Group)