Publisher's Synopsis
One dark day Elissa's world collapses as killers murder her father, the king of Karchedon, and open the city gates to an invading horde that serves a mysterious power from the dawn of time. For Elissa, survival has just become precarious. She accepts the risk, taking up her mother's path from the Land of Shadows, entering a world of assassins, spells and sudden death. She will need all her guile to escape her enemy's hatred and she will need desperate courage if she is to save her people from a thing beyond this world.
