In The Salvation trilogy, Elena Gilbert faces her deadliest trials yet as she and the Salvatore brothers battle a new era of supernatural threats. After Stefan risks everything to hunt the ancient Old Ones, a lethal car accident reveals a powerful new enemy intent on Elena’s destruction. The stakes turn tragic when a scientist’s genetically engineered vampires successfully assassinate Stefan, forcing a grieving Elena and a targeted Damon to fight for the survival of all "natural" vampires.

Finally, with Elena herself facing death, she is granted a single chance at salvation: she must travel back in time to the moment before she ever met the Salvatores to rewrite their intertwined destinies.