No new dawn for Twilight readers: an internet leak leads to untimely death of vampire series

August 30, 10:14 PMBook ExaminerMichelle Kerns

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Stephanie Meyer, author of the bestselling Twilight books, has announced that she will not complete the fifth and final installment of the series after an incomplete draft of the novel leaked out on the internet.

According to Stephanie Meyer's website, a partial draft of the book, Midnight Sun, was "illegally posted on the internet and has since been virally distributed" without the consent of Meyer or her publisher.

Meyer told her fans that she did not want "readers to experience Midnight Sun before it was completed, edited, and published," and that, because of the leak, she feels "too sad about what has happened to continue working on Midnight Sun, and so it is on hold indefinitely." She later told MTV that, "for all intents and purposes, Breaking Dawn is the last book."

Meyer isn't the only one who is sad. Fans everywhere have been venting their frustration at the premature end of the saga on blogs and websites, some even calling for campaigns to "call, email, and stalk" Meyer until she agrees to do right by her devoted Twilight lovers and finish the series.

Meyer claims she knows how the manuscript got out of the bag: "I have a good idea of how the leak happened," she wrote. "...there were very few copies of Midnight Sun that left my possession and each was unique. Due to little changes I made to the manuscript at different times, I can tell when each left my possession and to whom it was given."

For lovers of the series, even seeing that individual fall prey to vampires wouldn't be enough; they are the real victims in this debacle.