Spanning two different worlds and species, brother and sister must embrace who they are in order to stop an invasion that will destroy their world. Seventeen-year-old Avikar spends most of his time in the stables trying to forget his tragic past. But when his sister Jeslyn is kidnapped, he must undertake an impossible quest to save her from the dark lord of Daath, a mystical place thought only to exist in fables. But it's very real, and dark lord Lucino has diabolical plans for Jeslyn. Lucino is a shapeshifter who feeds off the auras of humans, and Jesyln's is the most powerful shade he's ever encountered. She should hate him. Only, the longer she's in his clutches, the more entranced she becomes with his domain—and with the monstrous lord himself. Avikar will give everything to find his sister, but the longer he takes, the harder she falls. And the more they and their world are in grave danger