Read the book Piers Anthony called "one wild adventure with unusual twists" in his Mayhem 2016 newsletter! Like most elves, Kyla's first year away from home presents certain challenges: meeting new people, finding a suitable field of study, and learning to yo-yo. Unlike most elves, Kyla runs afoul of Erebus, the god of darkness, who plans to bathe the world in eternal night. Kyla must leave her carefree adolescence behind and master her fears if she hopes to save the Earth and the people she loves within it. This is the first book in a trilogy that explores the hidden world that manages our own, where air spirits carry the winds and earth elementals spin the world on its axis. Inside this world Kyla Nim tries to discover her role against unusual odds.

"...this is no sweet gentle innocent girl story." -Piers Anthony Several weeks ago, Kyla saved the world. Or did she? Though Erebus, god of darkness, remains trapped in Kyla's care, the world has fallen into disarray. Former followers of Erebus roam as bandits and desperate refugees struggle to survive. The people of the World of Order doubt King Oberon's reports of Erebus' defeat. Meanwhile, a mysterious patron has imposed herself on Kyla's life and sends her on a series of dangerous assignments. Can Kyla cope with the discovery of her patron's true identity? And who can she trust when the World of Order falls into chaos? As the world falls apart and the wicked struggle to claim control of it, Kyla must keep herself together against the pain of her own internal struggles.

Five years ago, Kyla Nim made a dark deal to escape the dungeon in High Haven. Hunted by Empress Aethelwyne, Kyla and her friends have created a home in the service tunnels beneath a human city. Using the pseudonym Sky, she is now entwined in an underground weapons trade as she seeks to support a rebel faction in a fight against the popular but cruel Aethelwyne. Yet Kyla has her own secrets which, if revealed, may turn her own supporters against her just as she needs their help to face the greatest threat to face the World of Order.