In the human city of Norport, the only thing more dangerous than the shadows are those who claim to stand in the light.

Danica is a half-breed, the rare offspring of a dark elf and a human, who knows nothing of her past. Tolerated by decree, hated on sight, she’s managed to survive Norport’s cold walls through sheer will and the protection of...

Danica has lost her home and everything familiar, cast out from the only world she has ever known. Wandering aimlessly with nowhere to go, she soon crosses paths with Zane, a young mage charged with escorting a pair of gifted twins, Darren and Sylvia, back to the academy that trained him. What begins as a simple escort mission quickly unravels...

Danica finally knows the truth about her mother.

Hoping to uncover where she came from and where she truly belongs, she journeys to Vadona, the homeland she has never seen. Instead of finding a home she can call her own, she arrives on the brink of a bloody civil war as Queen Evelyne Thorne moves to purge the old religion from the kingdom once...